RE: [office-comment] RE: OpenDocument 1.2v7-02: Table of Contents - Accessibility

["Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>]

Think about someone having to listen to that from a text-to-speech system
when they are not out to read XML Markup but to read the specification and
find something that they are not intimately familiar with.  (I suppose one
would have to search the document(s) rather than browse, but why impose such
a penalty.)  

By the way, I feel that penalty without requiring assistive technology.  My
concern is that this is a human usability concern, and it is exacerbated
when accessibility comes into the picture.

[I am not religious about this, some others may be and should probably be
consulted.  It is a suggestion and I thank you for your thoughtful
exploration.] 

 - Dennis

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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Durusau [mailto:patrick@durusau.net] 
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 08:20
To: dennis.hamilton@acm.org
Cc: ODF Comments List
Subject: Re: [office-comment] RE: OpenDocument 1.2v7-02: Table of Contents

Dennis,

Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Addendum:
>
> 6. I am doubtful how well those QNames as titles will be useful in an
> accessibility situation, too.
>
>   
Sorry, I am missing your point on that one.

How would that be different from an accessibility situation where 
someone is reading xml markup in an example? Or simply inline in a 
paragraph?

You may have a valid point and I am simply not understanding it yet.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Patrick