Thread Subject: Re: WCAG 1.3.3 language addition - my actionitemfrom a few weeks ago

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From: David Poehlman
Date: Wed, Aug 08 2007 11:50 AM

the latter and for styling, the former. In other words, if something is an
instruction, it will not be indicated as such by these stylings and it will
not be referred to in the instructions alone.

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From: "Sailesh Panchang" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "'TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee'"
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] WCAG 1.3.3 language addition - my
actionitemfrom a few weeks ago


>"Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely
>on shape, size, visual location, or orientation of components.
>Additional information for use by assistive technologies - such as
>alternate text to describe necessary visual cues for understanding and
>operating the content, or programmatic encoding of relationships between
>objects that is necessary for understanding and operating the content, is
>sufficient."
Comments:
Does this mean : Instructions themselves do not rely on shape, location,
etc. of components
Or, does it mean:
The insttructions do not reference the shape, location, etc. of components?

Sailesh Panchang
Senior Accessibility Engineer
Deque Systems Inc. (www.deque.com)
11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite #140,
Reston VA 20191
Phone: 703-225-0380 (ext 105)
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