Re: lvtf-ACTION-51: Write user need on "non-text contrast" - [can change the name, border, grids, etc]

Works for me. Thanks, Wayne.

Maybe one small typo?  Should "Specifically, all such visual cures" be
"Specifically, all such visual cues"?

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 4/26/16, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let's block that a little better. Sorry about the typographic mess above.
>
> Need: When the content author uses visual cues to guide the visual user’s
> scanning of the page, a user with reduced contrast sensitivity should be
> able to perceive the visual cues being used. Specifically, all such visual
> cures must provide sufficient contrast to support detection by users with
> reduced contrast sensitivity.
>
>
> Explanation: Often form fields and special blocks of text like definition
> or navigation sections are called out using borders or changes in
> background color. In these cases, the borders and altered background colors
> should provide sufficient contrast with the all adjacent regions of the
> page. This includes all borders used for form fields, radio buttons, check
> boxes and focus indicators. Objects that are distinguished by alternative
> colors including form fields should also have sufficient contrast as
> defined in the WCAG 2.0 glossary.
>
> That should be easier to read.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Maybe this wording will do it.
>>
>> When the content author uses visual cues to guide the visual use’s visual
>> scanning of the page, a user with reduced contrast sensitivity should be
>> able to perceive the visual cues being used. Specifically, all such
>> visual
>> cures must provide sufficient contrast to support detection by users with
>> reduced contrast sensitivity.
>>
>> Explanation: Often form fields and special blocks of text like definition
>> or navigation sections are called out using borders or changes in
>> background color. In these cases, the borders and altered background
>> colors
>> should provide sufficient contrast with the all adjacent regions of the
>> page. This includes all borders used for form fields, radio buttons,
>> check
>> boxes and focus indicators. Objects that are distinguished by alternative
>> colors including form fields should also have sufficient contrast as
>> defined in the WCAG 2.0 glossary.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Note: 3.5.1 Element-level customization talks about borders and colors.
>>> perhaps we can expand the explanatory text to illustrate the need to
>>> change
>>> "non-text contrast".
>>>
>>> That said, I think this is a major issue to be added to WCAG. Minimum
>>> contrast (WCAG 1.4.3) should apply to more than only text and images of
>>> text content. It should apply to form controls and other elements with
>>> borders.
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Low Vision Accessibility Task Force
>>> Issue Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> lvtf-ACTION-51: Write user need on "non-text contrast" - [can change
>>>> the
>>>> name, border, grids, etc]
>>>>
>>>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/track/actions/51
>>>>
>>>> Assigned to: Wayne Dick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>>> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
>>> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
>>> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>>> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Wednesday, 27 April 2016 14:27:09 UTC