Thread Subject: Re: Clarification on accessible content regardlessof medium

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Wed, Feb 13 2008 2:50 PM

That was almost what I was trying to get to.

That this would only apply to things that were
1) sent out to people
2) posted on the Web
3) posted to a server for people to access (does anyone post to any servers
now besides web servers?

What else would we want to cover? (Not people's personal docs. Not things
that are just stored away for archive. )



Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = [mailto:teitac-committee-
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Whitney Quesenbery
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:36 PM
> To: TEITAC Committee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-committee] Clarification on accessible content
> regardlessof medium
>
> Or "made available in an archive" - since "online" would lead us back to
> the original problem of thinking this only applied to the web.
>
> And maybe we should say "regardless of medium" or include note that this
> includes CD, DVD, etc, in addition to Web.
>
> W
>
> At 04:33 PM 2/13/2008, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>
> >How about changing "archived" to "made available online".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Gregg
> > -- ------------------------------
> >Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf
> > > Of Whitney Quesenbery
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:29 PM
> > > To: TEITAC Committee
> > > Subject: Re: [teitac-committee] Clarification on accessible
> > > content regardlessof medium
> > >
> > > I wonder if this really means "made available in an archive"
> > > - such as the collections of articles many agencies post
> > > online. It's not really "distributed" but can be "pulled"
> > >
> > > At 03:56 PM 2/13/2008, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
> > >
> > > >I like your new wording but would suggest we remove the word ARCHIVE.
> > > >
> > > >If not distributed - I don't think it needs to be accessible. And
> > > >there are a million logs, reports, and other things that are
> > > generated
> > > >by computers and archived and never looked at. If pulled
> > > from archive - then it should
> > > >be made accessible. If distributed to people, it should be
> > > accessible.
> > > >But not if just archived. Nice if it is - but not the
> > > place to spend
> > > >resources I don't believe since there is so much generated today
> > > >automatically.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Gregg
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> > > >Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > > > > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> > > Behalf Of Jim
> > > > > Tobias
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:39 PM
> > > > > To: 'TEITAC Committee'
> > > > > Subject: [teitac-committee] Clarification on accessible content
> > > > > regardlessof medium
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > In our discussion this past Monday with the Access Board, an item
> > > > > came up that they would like the Committee to clarify.
> > > > > Many people seem to think that as long as content is not
> > > on the web,
> > > > > such as stored on on a CD or DVD, or transmitted via email or FTP
> > > > > (instead of HTTP), it is somehow exempt from 508.
> > > > >
> > > > > Although our recommendations seem to clearly cover other
> > > media, the
> > > > > staff would like to see some more explicit language. I think the
> > > > > best place is in Subpart D, provision 2-D - Accessible
> > > Content. It
> > > > > currently reads:
> > > > >
> > > > > "In complying with this subpart, each agency must operate
> > > software
> > > > > in a manner such that output from the software that is
> > > distributed
> > > > > or archived by the agency is made accessible to people with
> > > > > disabilities."
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike and I propose amending it to read:
> > > > >
> > > > > "In complying with this subpart, each agency must operate
> > > software
> > > > > in a manner such that output from the software that is
> > > distributed
> > > > > or archived by the agency, regardless of the medium of storage or
> > > > > transmission, is made accessible to people with disabilities."
> > > > >
> > > > > This provision is on next Tuesday's agenda.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > ***
> > > > > Jim Tobias
> > > > > Inclusive Technologies
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> > > > > skype jimtobias
> > > > >
> > > > >

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