Thread Subject: Re: Authoring tools with no user interface

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From: David Poehlman
Date: Thu, Aug 09 2007 9:25 AM


Then, this needs to be made clearer. I want to be able to override the
choices if they are inappropriate, but not to turn off accessability.

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From: "Sean Hayes" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Authoring tools with no user interface


The clause **unless the user explicitly indicates otherwise.**" is there to
allow authors to edit the information; if it were not there you would not be
able to change the alt text for an image for example.

Sean Hayes
Incubation Lab
Accessibility Business Unit
Microsoft
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