Thread Subject: Re: 1194.22(b) in Group A: Re: Jim Tobias'comment about requiring AT

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From: Andi Snow-Weaver
Date: Thu, Oct 19 2006 12:50 PM

<beginning of Peter's comment>

"I believe we should have outcomes-based requirements (e.g. "a user must
be able to operate all keyboard functions with a single keypress"), and
then recommend specific guidance as to how to accomplish thing (e.g.
"cf. StickyKeys capabilities for latching keyboard modifiers"), and the
finally ensure that we don't foreclose innovation (by maintaining 1194.5
Equivalent facilitation "Nothing in this part is intended to prevent the
use of designs or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed in
this part provided they result in substantially equivalent or greater
access to and use of a product for people with disabilities.")."

<end of Peter's comment>

Peter, I understand the desire for not making 508 too prescriptive about
where the function must be provided but this approach complicates
compliance reporting for multi-platform products. If your software depends
on StickyKeys in the OS to support this requirement, then the same software
product will be 508 compliant on platforms that include StickyKeys but
non-compliant on platforms that don't.

Andi

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