14:58:41 RRSAgent has joined #lvtf 14:58:41 logging to http://www.w3.org/2016/02/24-lvtf-irc 14:58:43 RRSAgent, make logs public 14:58:43 Zakim has joined #lvtf 14:58:45 Zakim, this will be 14:58:45 I don't understand 'this will be', trackbot 14:58:46 Meeting: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference 14:58:46 Date: 24 February 2016 14:59:09 chair: Jim and Andrew 14:59:21 rrsagent, set logs public 14:59:34 rrsagent, make minutes 14:59:34 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2016/02/24-lvtf-minutes.html allanj 15:00:15 zakim, clear agenda 15:00:15 agenda cleared 15:00:24 zakim, clear present 15:00:24 I don't understand 'clear present', allanj 15:00:35 zakim, who is hear 15:00:35 I don't understand 'who is hear', allanj 15:00:38 zakim, who is here 15:00:38 allanj, you need to end that query with '?' 15:00:42 zakim, who is here? 15:00:42 Present: (no one) 15:00:44 On IRC I see RRSAgent, allanj, shawn, MichaelC, trackbot 15:01:13 regrets +Alan 15:03:29 regrets + Laura, Wayne 15:05:19 genda+ Contrast & Image accessibility 15:05:29 Agenda+ Work with User Settings 15:05:39 Agenda+ Point of Regard - Others? 15:06:01 Agenda+ Contrast & Image accessibility 15:06:20 s/genda+ Contrast & Image accessibility/ 15:24:07 Agenda+ Long Description for images 15:25:21 jeanne has joined #lvtf 15:26:02 JohnRochford has joined #lvtf 15:27:28 agenda? 15:30:04 present+ 15:30:33 Erich has joined #lvtf 15:30:56 present+ jeanne 15:32:09 agenda order is 4,3,2,1 15:32:18 agenda? 15:32:50 zakim, who is on the phone? 15:32:50 Present: shawn, jeanne 15:33:11 Present+ Jim, Erich, JohnR 15:33:13 present 15:33:59 Present + 15:34:07 chair: Jim 15:34:18 scribe: Erich 15:34:35 zakim, take up next item 15:34:35 agendum 4. "Long Description for images" taken up [from allanj] 15:34:57 Topic: Long Description for images 15:35:10 doc: http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html 15:35:44 Jim, do descriptions have 'alt' on them 15:35:53 AWK has joined #lvtf 15:37:43 Jim - some of these images may have captions, but we need someone to check them 15:38:02 q+ to ask to go through eacnow and see if we think the fig caption and alt is sufficient or if we need more... 15:38:21 John is willing to review them 15:38:28 ack shawn 15:38:28 shawn, you wanted to ask to go through eacnow and see if we think the fig caption and alt is sufficient or if we need more... 15:39:05 jon_avila has joined #lvtf 15:39:08 Shawn believes stepping through with the group is worthwhile 15:39:17 present+jon_avila 15:39:38 +AWK 15:39:48 Shawn believes this may avoid the need for long description 15:40:39 Shawn, if we get this out before March 1 do we avoid the need to reformat the document for the new rules, or does the rest take care of that for us? 15:40:43 Erich thanks Shawn 15:41:34 can someone post the url again 15:41:38 http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html 15:42:55 http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html#fig-example-of-central-field-loss 15:44:03 +1 to Fig1 is sufficient. 15:44:13 +1 for these alt and captions being sufficient - not need additional long description 15:44:22 +1 figure 1 is sufficient 15:44:23 +1 15:44:30 +1 to Fig1 sufficiency 15:44:53 Jim: Review of figure 2 15:44:58 Fig 2 <- http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html#fig-example-of-peripheral-field-loss 15:45:00 +1 for Fri 1 and Fig 2 and Fig 3 :-) 15:45:39 +1 to simulation 15:45:50 AWK: questioning whether these 3 figures are simulated views more than screen captures 15:45:59 +1 to "simulated view ..." 15:46:07 +1 to change "screen capture" to "simulated view" 15:46:09 +1 simulated view 15:46:52 [ me thinks we might want to tweak the actual alt text and caption text later. for now I'm just commenting on the need for long descriptions or not -- and not being too picky about the actualy wording ;-] 15:47:05 Jim: Review of figure 3 15:48:25 John: "Other" refers to what? 15:48:48 +1 to Fig2 sufficiency 15:48:59 +1 to Fig3 sufficiency 15:49:00 Jim: "Other" is referring to bulleted items in list 15:49:13 Jim: Review of Figure 4 15:49:26 Next Set: Color Perception - Figs 4-7 15:50:25 Jeanne: believes this to be a long description candidate, spelling out the colors of each one fully 15:50:42 q+ to say in the alt briefly how the colors are different - not in detail, just summary 15:50:44 Fig 4 long description: 12 color color wheel simulating full color perception. Colors are red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, indigo, purple, purple-red 15:50:46 fig 4: color wheel of 16 colors 15:50:53 ack me 15:50:53 shawn, you wanted to say in the alt briefly how the colors are different - not in detail, just summary 15:52:27 Erich - all appear shades of gray to me, descriptions would be useful 15:53:02 Shawn: can see value in better descriptions, if not long description 15:54:00 Shawn: Believes we should have alt text with shorter description, even if in addition to the long desc 15:54:33 Fig 5: 12 color wheel simulating red-green color blindness. Colors are yellow-green, yellow-green, yellow-green, yellow-green, yellow, yellow-green, brown, medium-blue, blue, nark-blue, med-blue, green-brown. 15:54:46 primary and complementary colors 15:54:59 q+ to say that perhaps there is a resource that we can point to that provides a table of actual vs perceived colors for different types of color blindness? 15:56:35 +1 to easy way out of it ;-) 15:56:40 ack awk 15:56:40 AWK, you wanted to say that perhaps there is a resource that we can point to that provides a table of actual vs perceived colors for different types of color blindness? 15:56:54 AWK: wonders if there is an existing resource which addresses this already to spare us from needing to write this out 15:57:45 s/Shawn: can see value in better descriptions, if not long description/Jeanne: can see value in better descriptions, if not long description 15:58:19 Jeanne: could add the color descriptions if needed 16:00:03 Shawn: goal is to be a resource for design 16:00:44 Shawn: Can be broken down to 1. What do we need to do right now, and 2. What do we need to do moving forward? 16:01:19 s/goal is to be a resource for design/goal here is to give a general idea of color blindness, rather than to be a specific resource for design 16:02:26 +1 to move on, add note that we will be adding additional description in future version. 16:02:34 Shawn: To Jeanne Is there some sort of simple correction possible in the alt? 16:03:48 BRB 16:03:52 Jeanne: Yes, in figure 5 color wheel example, could say Red's shift toward Green, Green's shift towards Brown, and can work on something more detailed for Long Desc 16:04:22 Jim: Review of Figure 8 16:08:22 q+ 16:08:36 Jim: Does figure 8 capture low contrast example 16:08:57 Jeanne proposes alt text: Fig 5 alt text: Color wheel simulated view of a person with red-green color blindess, showing reds shifting to green, and green shifting to browns. 16:08:57 Fig 6 alt text: Color wheel simulated view of a person with blue-yellow color blindess, showing yellows shifting to pink, and blues shifting to blue-green or browns. 16:09:03 +1 low contrast example 16:09:44 q? 16:10:05 ack me 16:10:16 Jon: Thinks it is worthwhile to specify as user-defined 16:10:57 Example of page with author-defined low contrast colors - light gray background and gray text with headings in shades of green 16:11:38 Caption: Example of page with author-defined low contrast colors 16:12:17 Alt: light gray background, main text is gray, headings are shades of light green 16:12:29 Example of page with user-defined colors - black background and tan text with headings brown, purple, and pink 16:12:40 +1 alt text is important to peole with low vision !!! 16:12:55 Jon: Alt text is valuable to persons with low-vision 16:13:00 either Shawn's way or the "full fig caption" way the info is in there 16:13:08 +1 alt text valuable for low-vision 16:13:45 Example of page with user-defined colors - black background and white text with headings in green, yellow, and blue 16:14:06 fig nine background should say that it is dark brown instead of black 16:14:23 ACTION: Shawn & all add "alt" issue to Open Issues - people with low vision sometimes need alt text, too 16:14:23 Created ACTION-36 - & all add "alt" issue to open issues - people with low vision sometimes need alt text, too [on Shawn Henry - due 2016-03-02]. 16:14:38 Jim: Perhaps this is another example where we also include richer descriptions 16:16:38 Shawn: do we feel for figures 8 - 10 that the figure captions provide sufficient information that we need to get across, for now?\ 16:16:48 +1 for now 16:17:16 +1 for now 16:17:30 +1 for fig captions for 8-10 16:17:48 Jon: +1 for now 16:19:27 AWK: suggests erasing h1, h2, h3 that is included parenthetically, as it is a side issue to text contrast 16:20:13 Jim: if AWK can do so using tool mentioned, okay 16:22:18 Shawn: do we not need to call out the different color text in section concerning contrast?\ 16:22:23 Fig. 8 Example of author-defined low contrast with light background and gray text and different colored headings 16:22:45 Fig. 8 Example of author-defined page that is low contrast with light background and gray text and different colored headings 16:23:00 Jon: use of different colors seems significant, even if we don't need to know specifically what color 16:23:08 Fig. 10 Example of user style with high contrast with black background and white text and different color headings 16:24:02 Shawn: should the alt just say 'screen capture'? 16:24:16 +1 16:24:20 Jim: thinks that would be fine 16:24:26 +1 16:24:51 images are edited and uploaded 16:25:00 (for fig 9 and 10) 16:25:21 Jim: Review of Figure 11 16:25:47 ....11, 12, 13 16:26:44 +1 to number of dots 16:28:55 q+ need to describe Fig 11 with same level, so folks have something to compare descriptions 16:29:22 AWK: would suggest going a bit heavy with descriptions, as things can easily be overlooked\ 16:29:50 ack need 16:29:50 need, you wanted to describe Fig 11 with same level, so folks have something to compare descriptions 16:31:08 Jim: need to add more robust descriptions in 10, 11 and 12 16:31:53 Shawn: Summary and Detail could help weightiness 16:32:20 Jon: Bulleted list could help make more digestable on later drafts 16:32:44 Jim: Review of Figure 14 16:35:32 Shawn: is it okay to have one fig caption for the two images 16:37:56 Jim: Group seems ok with Figure 14 16:41:54 Jon: pointing out wide images included in some of the figures 16:42:17 zakim, generate minutes 16:42:17 I don't understand 'generate minutes', Erich 16:42:35 trackbot, close meeting 16:42:35 Sorry, Erich, I don't understand 'trackbot, close meeting'. Please refer to for help. 16:42:44 trackbot, end meeting 16:42:44 Zakim, list attendees 16:42:44 As of this point the attendees have been shawn, jeanne, Jim, Erich, JohnR, jon_avila, AWK 16:42:52 RRSAgent, please draft minutes 16:42:52 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2016/02/24-lvtf-minutes.html trackbot 16:42:53 RRSAgent, bye 16:42:53 I see 1 open action item saved in http://www.w3.org/2016/02/24-lvtf-actions.rdf : 16:42:53 ACTION: Shawn & all add "alt" issue to Open Issues - people with low vision sometimes need alt text, too [1] 16:42:53 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/02/24-lvtf-irc#T16-14-23