Re: 508 Question

ok Jim, 
I went over it five times before I answered, so this is not an snap answer, I 
see other words in this as more critical and defining: 

utilize scripting languages(key word here, what's doing the providing) to 
display content (that which the scripting language is displaying), 
the information provided by the script (again what is provided by the script or 
the afore mentioned scripting language) shall be identified with functional 
text (functional text I see as a text content that the adaptive technology can 
function with, instead of non functional text like graphics)

this is what I am seeing here, which means that a lot of java, and most general 
captcha  coding does not meet 508 compliance



HTH, 

inthane

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Homme, James 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:23 AM
  Subject: 508 Question


  Hi,

  Paragraph (l) of the Section 508 web standards reads as follows.

  When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create 
interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified 
with functional text that can be read by assistive technology. 

  I'm focusing on the word "identified" in that paragraph. This sounds like 
that assistive technology only needs to know that script elements exist, not 
that it necessarily needs to be able to use those elements. Note that I'm only 
going on the language of the paragraph, not how I think that pages with scripts 
should function, as in assistive technology should be able to work with the 
script elements besides identify them. My question is how do you interpret this 
paragraph?

  Thanks.

  Jim

   

   

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  Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.

  412-544-1810.

  Catch the gratitude attitude.

   



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