Thread Subject: Re: Latest "controls" language

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From: Sean Hayes
Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 3:00 AM

I can live with it, I've tried to slim it down a little here:

In products that receive or display analog or digital television, a
user needing access to an accessibility feature must be able to easily find
and use any user preference controls needed to enable that feature.
Easy to find means that in at least one location, these controls must be comparable
in prominence to the controls for volume, or program selection, if the ability to
control those features are provided.
Easy to use means that a control must not rely on modalities that are problematic
for those needing that feature.


Sean Hayes
Incubation Lab
Accessibility Business Unit
Microsoft

Office: +44 118 909 5867,
Mobile: +44 7875 091385


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Singer [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
Sent: 24 October 2007 02:23
To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee; Al Sonnenstrahl; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; Toby R. Silver; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
Cc: Sean Hayes
Subject: Re: [teitac-video] Latest "controls" language

At 16:43 +0100 23/10/07, Sean Hayes wrote:
>OK, but we still have a problem with the term "easily", it not well
>defined as it stands.

OK, at the risk of making it longer...




In order to comply with this subpart, the user controls needed to
configure and activate any accessibility feature, and the general
controls used by those needing that accessibility feature, on
products that receive or display analog or digital television, must
be easy to find and easy to use by people needing that accessibility
feature. Easy to find means that in at least one location, these must
be comparable in prominence to the controls needed to control volume,
or perform program selection, where the ability to control these
features is otherwise provided. Easy to use means that a control for
an accessibility feature should not use control modalities that are
problematic for those needing that feature.

* * * *

And attempted re-write for clarity:

In products that receive or display analog or digital television, a
user needing access to an accessibility feature must be able to find
easily, and use easily, both the controls needed to enable that
accessibility feature, and other general controls that that user also
needs to be able to use. Easy to find means that in at least one
location, these controls must be comparable in prominence to the
controls needed to control volume, or perform program selection,
where the ability to control these features is otherwise provided.
Easy to use means that a control for an accessibility feature should
not use control modalities that are problematic for those needing
that feature.

* * * *

and adjust the examples:



Easy to find means, for example:
1. For captioning:
(a) A caption on/off on a TV remote comparable in prominence to the
volume control on that remote;
(b) Caption controls on the first menu that appear when on-screen
menus are displayed

2. Audio equivalents to on-screen information and visual menu selections
3. A tactile button to turn on audio equivalents;
4. A user preferences dialog that is accessible and directly
reachable from a login screen.

Easy to use means, for example:
1. Not using on-screen menus to enable audio description of video;
2. Not using a voice control/response system to enable closed captions





>
>Sean Hayes
>Incubation Lab
>Accessibility Business Unit
>Microsoft
>
>Office: +44 118 909 5867,
>Mobile: +44 7875 091385
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Larry
>Goldberg
>Sent: 23 October 2007 16:39
>To: TEITAC AV list; Al Sonnenstrahl; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; Toby
>R. Silver; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>Subject: [teitac-video] Latest "controls" language
>
>As far as I know, we are still working with the two options offered by Dave
>Singer in our last conference call:
>
>In order to comply with this subpart, the user controls needed to
>configure and activate any accessibility feature, and the general
>controls used by those needing that accessibility feature, on
>products that receive or display analog or digital television, must
>be easy to find and easy to use by people needing that accessibility
>feature. In at least one location, these must be comparable in
>prominence to the controls needed to control volume, or perform
>program selection, where the ability to control these features is
>otherwise provided.
>
>* * * *
>
>And attempted re-write for clarity:
>
>In products that receive or display analog or digital television, a
>user needing access to an accessibility feature must be able to find
>easily, and use easily, both the controls needed to enable that
>accessibility feature, and other general controls that that user also
>needs to be able to use. In at least one location, these controls
>must be comparable in prominence to the controls needed to control
>volume, or perform program selection, where the ability to control
>these features is otherwise provided.
>
>* * * *
>
>The examples remain unchanged.
>
>
>For example:
>1. For captioning:
> (a) A caption on/off on a TV remote comparable in prominence to the
>volume control on that remote;
> (b) Caption controls on the first menu that appear when on-screen
>menus are displayed
>
>2. Audio equivalents to on-screen information and visual menu selections
>3. A tactile button to turn on audio equivalents;
>4. A user preferences dialog that is accessible and directly
>reachable from a login screen.
>
>
>- Larry
>
>
>
>

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