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HW Agenda Oct 27

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Contents

Hardware 08/24 Agenda

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Welcome -

Link to detailed agenda Agenda 08/24

Hardware 08/10 Agenda

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  1. Welcome - PLEASE NOTE: TODAY'S CALL WILL END AT 11:45 EDT.
  2. Topics
    1. Update - Telecom SC proposed language http://teitac.org/wiki/EWG:Draft_July_18:_Section_2_Comments
    2. Update - Contrast ratio
    3. Update - Connector/connection language
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 08/03 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Status and action items for next draft report
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 06/29 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
    1. Link to Hardware Draft Language EWG Format
  2. Topics
    1. Review Draft Language due to EWG
    2. Language for "contrast" LCD and Label
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 06/22 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
    1. Link to Hardware Draft Language Idea Board
  2. Topics
    1. Evaluate current status on proposed language for:
      1. Standard ports http://teitac.org/wiki/Hardware_Draft_Language_Idea_Board#Standard_Ports
      2. Biometric ID language http://teitac.org/wiki/Hardware_Draft_Language_Idea_Board#Biometric_Language
      3. Simultaneous control addition http://teitac.org/wiki/Hardware_Draft_Language_Idea_Board#Simultaneous_Controls
      4. Hardware Labels http://teitac.org/wiki/Hardware_Draft_Language_Idea_Board#Hardware_Labels
      5. Controls - mechanical and biophysical http://teitac.org/wiki/Hardware_Draft_Language_Idea_Board#Operable_Controls
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 06/15 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Summary of Editorial Working Group Meeting Report
    2. Draft language page created Hardware Draft Language Idea Board
    3. Discuss Short Names Exercise
    4. Evaluate current status on proposed language for:
      1. Standard ports
      2. Controls - mechanical and biophysical
      3. Biometric ID language
      4. Simultaneous control addition
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 06/01 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Summary of TEITAC Meeting Report
    2. Work on how to address "touch controls"
    3. New proposed standard ports language
  3. Insert additional topics
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 05/18 Agenda

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Note: In preparation for next weeks full TEITAC meeting we will be reviewing the primary discussion points for the update that the subcommittee will deliver.

  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
  3. TEITAC Update - the update has been divided into 3 sections
    1. Section 1 – No changes recommended – these are the sections of the update reports where the guidance is to make no changes
    2. Section 2 – Recommended change language April 18 Report
      1. Add wireless to standards ports
      2. Reorder 1194.23 k2 languages – movement of tight grasp to end of statement
    3. Section 3 – Topics still under discussion
      1. Language based on separation of controls (mechanical, touch, see e-mail) Proposals for handling ]
      2. Addition of a contrast requirement/color coding language March 12 Update
      3. Blinking LEDs – saw some minimum requirements in a discussion
      4. Auditory requirement from Gregg Audio Jack Requirement
      5. JIS HW additions – are there any that we believe should be recommended for inclusion JIS Summary
  4. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 05/11 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from 5/4 Meeting
    2. Continue review of JIS standard JIS Standard
      1. Start at 2.6.5
    3. Allergic Materials
    4. Standard Ports Definition
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 05/04 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from 4/27 Meeting
    2. Discuss 1194.25(e) - When products provide auditory output, the audio signal shall be provided at a standard signal level through an industry standard connector that will allow for private listening. The product must provide the ability to interrupt, pause, and restart the audio at anytime.
    3. Paper Trays - Discussion as to inclusion of paper trays in revised standard.
    4. Continue review of JIS standard JIS Standard
      1. Start at 2.6.5
    5. Allergic Materials
    6. Standard Ports Definition
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 04/13 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Draft 2 Report - Review open discussion points
      1. Touchscreen language
      2. 255 Provisions
      3. Compatible with prosthetics
    2. Proposed content from JIS Standards JIS Standard
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 03/23 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Continue content discussions
    2. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 03/09 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review draft report for subcommitte
    2. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 03/02 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Review revised Brainstorm List:
      1. Thanks to those that started discussions on listserv
    3. Continue discussion on Taxonomy
    4. Utility Keys
    5. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 02/23 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Continue discussion regarding brainstorm topics:
      1. Thanks to those that started discussions on listserv
      2. Prioritize the list of 13 elements
      3. Relative to the content currently covered in 1194.26, is it acceptable as written.
    3. Discuss David's Taxonomy
    4. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 02/16 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Discuss subcommittee brainstorm from Listserv
    3. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 02/02 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Discuss agenda for face-to-face at February TEITAC meeting
    3. Discuss the Hardware/Themes Grid developed by Randy Marsden
    4. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 01/26 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Request for people to begin to consider agenda for face-to-face at February TEITAC meeting
    3. Continue discussion on specific 508 desktop and portable computer requirements from 1194.26.
      1. All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with § 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
        1. New discussion - (k)(2) Controls and Keys shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2N) maximum.
    4. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 01/12 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from last week
    2. Begin discussion on specific 508 desktop and portable computer requirements from 1194.26.
      1. All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with § 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
        1. Any further discussion regarding - (k)(1) Controls and Keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys.
        2. New discussion - (k)(2) Controls and Keys shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2N) maximum.
    3. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting

Hardware 01/05 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Review Action Items from December
    2. Discuss addition of Handheld Computers to this section
    3. Begin discussion on specific 508 desktop and portable computer requirements from 1194.26.
      1. All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with § 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). (k)(1) Controls and Keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys.
    4. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting
  4. Review action items and close.

Hardware 12/01 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Discussion Items
      1. Review Action Items from 11/17 Meeting
      2. Inclusion of Handheld devices in Desktop & Portables
      3. Define "Closed System" - similar discussion on General SC
      4. What if AT does not exist?
      5. Adding AT to subpart (f) - with considerations for topics above
    2. Please insert additional topics here
      1. Defining "Handhelds" and "Portables" - Possibly included under 2 & 3 above (DW) (Suggested approach in DW's 11/21 list post)
      2. Face-to-Face Meeting for Hardware? (DW)
  3. Confirm next meeting
  4. Review action items and close.

Hardware 11/17 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Discussion Items from TEITAC Full Committee Meeting 11/8-9/2006
      1. BIOS
      2. What are Hardware Products? For example, LCD projectors, PDA's, Smartphones, etc.
      3. The problem of how an IT company can find out what AT exists
    2. Status on the "Themes and applicable 508 requirements" Matrix
    3. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Confirm next meeting
  4. Review action items and close.

Hardware 11/03 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Topics
    1. Themes - since themes are on the agenda for the full advisory board meeting let's discuss to identify themes that may impact Hardware
    2. Functional Performance Criteria 1194.31 (f) - AT compatability
    3. Please insert additional topics here
  3. Set next meeting
  4. Review action items and close.

Hardware 10/27 Agenda

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  1. Welcome
  2. Co-chairs
    1. Currently have two nominees Randy Marsden, ATIA, and Rob Nerhood, Dell
    2. Open floor for additional nominations or acceptance of current nominees
  3. Adminstrative details
    1. Roster of members - list on WIKI
    2. Frequency of meetings
  4. Define workscope and goals of subcommittee
    1. Discuss how we would like to address this section including applicable hardware and themes
  5. Review action items and close.


Hardware 11/03 Minutes

Desktop & Portable Computer Hardware Sub-Committee Meeting #2 Minutes


Consideration of Themes

All themes were considered and those needing the most discussion in our group were identified as follows:

1. Interoperability – this relates primarily to AT-IT hardware interfaces in this sub-committee

2. Economic Impact – At least four groups were identified: consumers with disabilities, government agencies, industry developers (both AT and IT), and the economy in general. In regards to the latter, we felt it important to consider the economic impact of the Federal Government employing more people with disabilities, thus helping them become more financially independent and less dependent on federal social programs.

3. Harmonization – there is a need to look at the hardware provisions contained in other standards.

4. Emerging Products – try to think ahead and provide for innovations in hardware, both the ones we know about on the horizon, as well as things that haven’t been invented yet.

5. Cognition – in respect to hardware, we identified three “layers” of information transfer:

a. Perception of function (exposure of hardware UI functions to the user and AT) b. Processing of Information (this is the job of AT) c. Input back to IT (the Action initiated by the user via AT)

A number of other issues were identified as related to cognition and computer hardware. Some were: the use of color, icons, and shapes to help connect things (instead of written language).

Other important considerations were finding people with expertise in the field of Learning Disabilities to sit on the sub-committee, and the need for research to help guide our decisions related to cognition.


Process

The meeting evolved into more of a brainstorm discussion surrounding the themes and so a process was identified to help us organize the issues. Rex Lint volunteered to draft a chart with the themes down the left, and the 508 provisions related to hardware across the top. We will then fill in the chart with the issues.

ACTION: Rex Lint will post a draft matrix to the Wiki.

It was also suggested that we examine the User Needs document created by the JTC1 group.

ACTION: Michael Takemura will post the JTC1 User Needs document to the Wiki.


Section 1194.31 (f)

We discussed the issue of why AT was left out of sub-part (f), when it was included in (a) – (e). We considered Doug Wakefield’s explanation of this, which was that there were mechanical interfaces related to mobility impairments, for which there is not AT (such as laptop latches, on/off buttons, etc). The intent was to not let IT manufacturers “off the hook” for accessibility requirements for which there is no AT. The problem here is that there IS AT for other access problems related to people with mobility impairments (such as mouse and keyboard alternatives).

We identified that there are access issues for which AT does not exist, and others for which it does. This is not a fact related to Mobility Impairments (sub-part f) only; it is the same for all types of disabilities. This bears out the need for a definition separating the Functional Performance Criteria into at least two categories: functions for which AT exists, and functions for which it does not.

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