[Athen] ATHEN's response to the section 508 update

[Humbert, Joseph A]

I did not included it because a consensus was reached that it would not be good to pick and choose which WCAG 2.0 Level AA success criteria to meet because that may create all sorts of issues.  The group felt that meeting most of the other AA requirements (specifically 1.4.3 Minimum foreground/background contrast of text and images of text, 2.4.7 Focus Visible, 3.1.2 Language of Parts) was important.



Terrill Thompson pointed out that the time to debate WCAG 2.0 level AA success criteria was when those guidelines were being drafted.



I am more than happy to address the audio descriptions point of contention in the response, if the membership feels it needs to be addressed.

- Joe

From: Ron Stewart [mailto:ron at ahead.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:21 PM
To: Humbert, Joseph A
Subject: RE: [Athen] ATHEN's response to the section 508 update

First feedback I have gotten from AHEAD is about audio description.  I know that was a point of contention, and there seems to be some language related to the topic but should it be addressed more specifically?

Ron

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Subject: [Athen] ATHEN's response to the section 508 update

Hello ATHEN list members,

Attached is the draft of ATHEN's response to the Section 508 update created by a sub-group of members who volunteered to work on it. Everyone please review  the document and post comments back to the list.  Comments are needed by 5pm tomorrow so that I may finalize the response and submit it before the 11:59pm deadline on March 7th.  I apologize for the late notice, but there was a very short time table on this project.  Thank you to all those who have participated.

Alterative link to document: http://www.joehumbert.com/ATHEN_Response_to_Access_Board_ANPRM.doc

Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
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