Thread Subject: Re: Latest "controls" language

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 5:50 AM

I thought that there was agreement from the committee that "easy to use"
was a phrase to avoid? I think this is what Andi suggested on the call:

The proposal:
In products that receive or display analog or digital television, access
to controls to enable or disable accessibility features must be
comparable in prominence in at least one location to the controls needed
to control the volume or control program selection, if those controls
are provided.

I this this language sounds ok to me, and thought I recalled Karen
saying that what Andi wrote sounded good (but reserving the right to
read it in text). This has the advantage of getting rid of the explicit
use of "easy to use" and "easily find" that people seemed to agreee
represented testability concerns.

AWK

> 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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