Thread Subject: Re: 3d/3e for content format

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From: Tom Brett
Date: Thu, Sep 06 2007 9:20 AM

OMB M05-04 addresses accessibility for Government websites. This memo
states: Your agency is already required to provide appropriate access for
people with limited English proficiency by implementing Department of
Justice guidance for Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services
for People with Limited English Proficiency." Agencies must determine
whether any individual document on their Federal agency public website(s)
requires translation. For additional information see:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/Pubs/lepqa.htm

Tom Brett


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Sean Hayes
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:55 AM
To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format

I imagine that the US very occasionally finds the need to interchange
material with the rest of the world.

Sean Hayes
Incubation Lab
Accessibility Business Unit
Microsoft

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Andrew
Kirkpatrick
Sent: 06 September 2007 15:53
To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format

I wasn't aware of that requirement. I agree with Allen's comment that
the requirement to support changes in language is much harder to test
and develop.
AWK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> Of = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:36 AM
> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
>
> I am not the most knowledgeable person on this subject but I
> am aware of an obligation/policy/regulation on Federal sites
> to have non-English versions. For the majority of sites
> engaged in meeting this obligation, it means having a Spanish
> language version although there are some sites with
> additional language version.
>
> Does this mean that videos on this sites need to be
> close-captioned or audio-described in another language?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" [ = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> Sent: 09/06/2007 06:32 AM MST
> To: "TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee"
> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
>
>
>
> In the spirit of trying to reduce the extra weight of the new
> standards, I'll raise my question again -- why is language
> support in 508? We do have other WCAG standards that we have
> not included, and this seems like it is not needed in the
> U.S. standard.
>
> What is our rationale for requiring the language support in
> content formats and web and software provisions?
>
> AWK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> Behalf Of Peter
> > Korn
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:56 PM
> > To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> > Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
> >
> > Hi Allen,
> >
> > We need to be careful with this one. Simple text editors (think
> > Notepad) won't be able to do this.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Korn
> > Accessibility Architect,
> > Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >
> > > Action item from Tuesday, 09/04.
> > >
> > > Content formats which support multiple languages MUST provide a
> > > programmatically determinable mechanism to identify the primary
> > > language, and the language of any sections which are in
> > another language
> > > from the primary language.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
> > >

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