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From: Andre Polykanine
Date: Oct 8, 2018 1:21PM

Hello Ramakrishnan,
As a blind user and accessibility specialist, I can tell you about the
great challenge for blind and low vision users: positioning of the
smartphone in front of the screen of the PC.
As an example, let's take WhatsApp and their Windows client. It is
basically their website wrapped into a binary file, and to
authorize on your PC, you have to place your phone in front of your screen to scan the QR
code. And it's really a pain, because even a sighted person is helping
you with the thing, it's like: "lower... a bit higher... a bit to the right... no no
no, lower and a bit to the left!" - I hope, you got it.
So if you design an app that requires a user to scan a QR code from
his/her cell phone, I guess you need to also design some kind of a
mobile app that would guide the user about where the QR code is, if
it's possible for you.
Hope this helps.

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With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter (English only): @AndrePolykanine


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From: Ramakrishnan Subramanian < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Date created: , 3:18:53 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of QR code Scanning in web pages


Dear members,
I would like to know your thoughts on accessibility of QR code
scanning used in web pages for different modality. These days we have
been seeing QR code Scan being used in web sites for Multi-factor
authentication (MFA) and some other scenarios. I would like to know
your thoughts on the Accessibility of QR code Scanning in web pages
for different modality.
Is it considered accessible? Or, is there any accessibility challenges
for users with different modality?
Is there any guidance available for evaluating accessibility of QR
code Scanning in web pages?

Thanks
Ram


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Thanks and Regards
Ramakrishnan