Re: [office] Two proposals on SMIL

["Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>]

On 13/03/07, robert_weir@us.ibm.com <robert_weir@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Good question.
>
> Do you know if this is the latest word on best practices for SMIL
> accessibility?  (It is from 1999)
> http://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL-access/

SMIL 3 is currently being worked. I know there are two people on the WG
with a big interest in Accessibility.


>
> Has the Accessibility SC taken a look at ODF's animation support?

No, I'm copying the A11y SC in on this as a reminder.

> Any recommendations?

Not yet.

the base question is, if an author is animating some graphic, what
information is being conveyed by that animation. How else might that
information be conveyed?
 If it's a shimmering background that has no semantic, but makes the
author look good, then we need to find an accessible way to say so.
If it's a movement of stock values up a graph, then that information needs
to be conveyed, and SMIL has the capability of doing just that with a
text section.


regards DaveP

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> "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote on 03/13/2007 03:49:23 AM:
>
>
>  > On 13/03/07, Zhi Yu Yue <yuezhiyu@cn.ibm.com> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > I got two proposals on SMIL from IBM Notes development team. Your
> comments
>  > > are welcome.
>  >
>  >
>  > What proposals are there to make these animations accessible to a blind
> user?
>  >
>  >
>  > regards
>  >
>  >
>  >
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>  > Dave Pawson
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