Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Meeting Topics
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2022
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3 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Discuss exploration of LVTF community group
- Do skeleton loaders fall under âinactiveâ exemption of 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast? #2048 <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2048>
- Clarifying 1.4.11 Understanding: border contrast when labels within input fields #1091 <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/1091>
- Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.11: Non-text Contrast <https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/non-text-contrast.html#figure-focus-inner>
- Can we consider a technique to meet Focus appearance that exposes tooltips? <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2139>
- What does "content" mean in SC 1.4.10 Reflow <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2073>
- next steps
- 17 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 20 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
2021
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17 December: SV_MEETING_TITLE
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16 December: LVTF
- Brief introduction of the group -- taken up
- IRC, statement on minutes (the meeting will not be recorded) -- taken up
- Short introduction of 2 minutes for each person who has signed up to overview their work before the main presentation -- taken up
- Presentation from Gordon Legge and Yingzi Xiong on simulating low vision -- taken up
- 2 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 18 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 4 November: LVTF
- 21 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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20 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 26 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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23 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
2019
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5 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 10 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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19 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 12 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 5 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 29 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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15 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 8 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 25 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 18 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 6 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 30 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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9 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- WCAG 2.2 LV SC https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yjrfIP9KLqTn_Jlq6-T1JvsqY924R_5z1WI2YLv3obc/edit#gid=0
- Important Threads on AGWG
- Laura's updated images
- Review changes to Requirements Document http://htmlpreview.github.io//?https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/blob/jim-edits/requirements.html
- don't rely on color alone.
- change rewrap to relow in document
- 2 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 25 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 11 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 4 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 21 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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21 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 14 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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31 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 24 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 17 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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3 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
2018
- 13 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 6 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 29 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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15 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 14 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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8 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 20 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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6 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 30 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 16 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 2 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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12 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- New Member Jason Grieves, Microsoft Low Vision Coordinator
- Silver request - proposal testing with LV SC that did not make 2.1 (we need to pick)
- Reflow technique - Text spacing override https://rawgit.com/w3c/wcag/tech-spacing-override/techniques/css/spacing-override.html
- Reflow technique - Long URLs https://rawgit.com/allanj-uaag/wcag21/tech-reflow/tech-reflow-url.html
- 21 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 31 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 24 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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17 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 10 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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19 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 12 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 15 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 8 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 1 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 22 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 15 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 8 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 1 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 25 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 18 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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4 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
2017
- 14 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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30 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 2 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 26 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 19 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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12 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- define vicusal indicators
- 1.4.12 'essential' and exceptions
- 1.4.12 Push for 3:1 graphics contrast https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/251
- Agenda+ icon font technique https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/297
- 1.4.11 questions about zoom content (ready to close?) https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/250
- Schedule review of remaining Understanding docs: Zoom, Hover
- 5 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 28 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 14 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 31 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 24 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 10 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 3 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 27 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 20 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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13 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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6 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 29 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 22 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 15 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 8 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 1 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 25 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 11 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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4 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Contrast Smith-Kettlewell
- Text adaptation user to content requirements https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Text_adaptation_user_to_content_requirements
- Items that are hidden with color become visible
- The author uses transparent images for controls that depend on the pages background color for visibility
- The author uses sprite taken from the background image.
- 27 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 20 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 13 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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6 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 30 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 23 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 16 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 23 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 16 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 2 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 26 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 19 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 12 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 5 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
2016
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15 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Meeting during next 2 weeks
- Review Current Active SCs
- Informational Graphics Contrast https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/9
- Interactive Element contrast https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/10
- Reflow to single column https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/58
- Resize Content https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/77
- Font Family https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/79
- overlap with coga 36 and LVTF 10 contrast disabled elements
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8 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- December meetings https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/LVTF-telecons/results
- SC Manager
- WCAG survey New SCs https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/NewSC_20161122/
- Overlaps/reconcilliation between LFTF and COGA
- LVTF FAQs
- Issues 8 and 80
- Close Text Size
- Finish low vision requirements -
- graphics contrast
- 1 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 17 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 10 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 3 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 27 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 20 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 13 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 6 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 29 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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15 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Contrast: Informational Graphics <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Informational_Graphic_Contrast_%28Minimum%29>
- Contrast: Interactive Element <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Contrast_%28Minimum%29>
- Seeing All Interface Elements <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Seeing_All_Interface_Elements>
- Text Size <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Text_Size>
- 8 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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1 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- general
- Action-70 Write Font SC
- Action-71 Text Style Wording
- Action-72 Capitalization SC
- Action-73 Size of all elements SC https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Size_of_all_elements
- Action-74 Element level customization SC
- Action-75 update gap analysis - DONE
- Action-76 use case for changing font size
- Action-77 Printing Customized Text SC
- Action-78 research on user settings
- Action-79 write Mobile contrast on Large text research
- 25 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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18 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Resolution to Accept Icon font techniques
- Issue 3 Minimum contrast of images and icons https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-SC/issues/3
- Gap analysis updated - existing SCs http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-SC/GapAnalysis-SC.html
- Issue 3 Minimum contrast of images and icons https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-SC/issues/3
- SC wiki pages
- testability
- reflow to single column
- Gap analysis updated - existing SCs http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-SC/GapAnalysis-SC.html
- Line Length https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Line_Length
- 4 August: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 28 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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21 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 14 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 July: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 23 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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22 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 16 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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9 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Section 2.5: Functional Vision https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/73
- Disclaimer draft (action-58) https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/67
- User Access to Necessary Customization
- Begin working on SC - acceptance criteria (review), walk the gap analysis (proposed - WCAG needs SC before Dec 2016)
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2 June: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Password fields
- italics, bold, underline #50 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/50
- italics, bold, underline #50
- 3.3.4 capitalization - orthography #65 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/65
- Editorial: Electronic vs Digital content #66 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/66
- Editorial: Language, Jargon #60 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/60
- Section 2.4 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/68
- visual clutter
- Section 2.4.1 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/69
- Section 2.4.3 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/71
- Section 2.4.4 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/72
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26 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- TPAC
- Coordination with other TF and WCAG
- Page Regions #64 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/64
- issue-64 page regions
- Photos #63 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/63
- Photos Issue-63
- Page Regions #64 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/64
- Password Fields #59 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/59
- password fields issue 59
- 19 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 12 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 4 May: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 27 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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20 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Issue 49 2.1 Scope - cognitive disabilities
- Issue 49 2.1 Scope
- Issue 50 Italics, bold, underline - how to expand 3.5.1 to cover links, em, strong, span, etc.
- Issue 50 Italics, bold, underline
- Issue 54 grid lines, field borders, etc.
- Issue 50 Italics, bold, underline - how to expand 3.5.1 to cover links, em, strong, span, etc.
- 3.3.3 Explanatory text
- Issue 54 grid lines, field borders, etc.
- 13 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 6 April: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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30 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Celebrate publication of FPWD!!!
- Getting word out about review of FPWD
- CSUN review
- Contrast requirements of interactive controls (from WCAG)
- LVTF position on contrast requirements for interactive control states
- Issue 32: Wording of Incidence
- Issue 33: Wording of Causes of Low Vision
- Causes of Low Vision
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16 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- CSUN
- legibility
- Legibility and Readability
- lvtf-ACTION-37: Avila to create user need for contrast differences
- lvtf-Action-37 contrast differences
- review Sensory Characteristics
- Sensory Characteristics
- Information from Images - User Need?
- Information from Images - User need
- lvtf-ACTION-38: Review 3.1 contrast/color user needs
- lvtf-Action-38 - contrast/color user needs
- 9 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 2 March: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 24 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 17 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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10 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Color blindness - not include stats? #20 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/20
- Change to focus on ICT more broadly #9 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/9
- Address JB's comment on international perspective #8 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/8
- User Needs - specific settings #21 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/21
- Scope and specificity #16 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/16
- Change to scope and definition #10 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/10
- Separate color from contrast #15 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/15
- Brightness #22 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/22 (changed from https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/18)
- Factual Correction #17 https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/pull/17
- Sending to WCAG WG & EOWG for approval to publish
- Use cases
- Visibility, Legibility, Readability
- 3 February: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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27 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- survey Review Requirements https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results
- Who is going to CSUN?
- survey Review Requirements https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results
- User needs vs user requirements <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results#xq2>
- Note title <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results#xq3>
- Do not include additional stats? <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/LVTF18Jan2016/results#xq2>
- Leave movement? <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/LVTF18Jan2016/results#xq3>
- Leave hyphenation in tracking? <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/LVTF18Jan2016/results#xq5>
- Visual Acuity section heading <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results#xq6>
- Field of Vision section heading <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results#xq7>
- corrected terminology <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/UserNeeds-Jan-27/results#xq5>
- 20 January: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 13 January: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- 6 January: SV_MEETING_TITLE
2015
- 16 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 9 December: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- 2 December: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 18 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 4 November: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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28 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 21 October: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- 14 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 7 October: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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30 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- 23 September:
- 16 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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9 September: Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Introductions
- Work Topics - issues collection on the wiki
- Review Work Statement
- Document requirements for low vision users;
- Identify gaps in the above requirements between user needs and how they are met by web sites that conform to WCAG 2.0;
- Document sufficient and advisory techniques and failures for WCAG 2.0 to meet low vision user needs;
- Define low vision use cases which user agents need to support;
- Introductions