Thread Subject: Re: Latest "controls" language

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From: Karen Peltz Strauss
Date: Wed, Oct 24 2007 6:25 AM

Andrew is correct, and while I prefer the easy to use and easily find, I am
circulating this language now among consumers to see if they could live with
it.

Karen


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From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >; "Dave
Singer" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >; "Al Sonnenstrahl" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >;
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Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [teitac-video] Latest "controls" language


>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;
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>> 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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