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Comment LC-2690
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Commenter: Alex Li <alli@microsoft.com> on behalf of Microsoft

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WCAG 2.0, even after translation, may not be suitable to environments outside of the desktop
A fundamental assumption made in many success criteria of WCAG 2.0 is the presence of a browser, an operating system, and some form of assistive technologies. This was a fair assumption during the creation of WCAG 2.0. But it is not appropriate assumption in the context of non-web ICT. This is most obviously the case for ICT functionalities closed from assistive technologies such as most ATM machine functionalities. All success criteria containing the term "programmatically determined" were constructed to allow assistive technologies to better decipher the web content. But when assistive technologies are not present, these success criteria are effectively useless. Indeed, it is still necessary for the content to be presented in a way that users with disabilities can consume. But implementing such solutions in a programmatically determined nature is not necessary in such context. We recognize that WCAG2ICT TF has not considered ICT with closed functionalities from assistive technologies yet. But the TF should be aware of the unstated limitation of its work so far and make this clear to its audience as soon as possible.
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