Quick general recap - sorry, have only just managed to dip in to the list again,
- yep - people here are aware of the accessibility requirements under the DDA, and there's been some excellent internal training and awareness run which covered learning disabilities along with more the standard visual impairment issues. - http://www.peepo.co.uk/mybbc/index.html is an excellent exemplar of reworking of content, thanks. I'll pimp it round a few people here, if that's OK? - I had a conversation with one of the key design/UX folk here the other day, and they are beginning to address consistency of navigation/ size of hotspots issues across the site. I'm certainly aware of the utter rubbishness of small links for some people, from watching my mother try to mouse on to small textlinks with arthritic hands. - good point about awareness of accessibility reuse at the contracting stage - I'll put out feelers with a friend in the photographic copyright department to see if they're thinking about this kind of stuff. Rights acquisition policies are always looked at w.r.t cost/benefit for license fee payers, iirc. - However, my understanding is that the DDA and DRC requirements are for 'reasonable adjustments' to allow for access to services to be made. Not sure that the BBC singlehandedly driving the complete abolishion of copyright law in the UK is... Reasonable :-)) - Think there's been conflation of DDA (Disability Discrimination Act - about right to access to buildings, services etc) and the DED (Disability Equality Duty - about enshrining formal approaces to equality in all levels of an organisation) in the conversation. - Random bonus link: http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/u k-website-legal-requirements.shtml Good on what the DDA means for sites. - Might it be a plan to put the call to action around WGAC guidelines up on the web and gather responses there? I'm sure various of us here would happily point people at it? None of the BBC staff on the list can vouch officially on behalf of the organisation as a whole on this, sadly. We don't have the right hats. - in all of these things... Remember the BBC speed rule. Change doesn't always happen quickly; and that's not for want of people inside the organisation that do care and 'get it'. k -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chetwynd Sent: 12 June 2006 19:58 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] feeds with live graphics? Kim, the application I am describing, promoting and developing benefits people with a learning disability so your quote may be relevant: "....not for profit playing of sound recordings and to help visually impaired people." furthermore, in the USA there have been recent changes in the law to allow for instance large print versions to be published, where these are not available from the original publisher, and thus prevent complaints of copyright infringement. It is possible that the recent DDA legislation, in particular with respect to the DRC may require the BBC to provide online content accessible to the 20% of the UK population who are functionally illiterate.** though I am also not a lawyer, please note the BBC are specifically included. regards Jonathan Chetwynd **I'm forwarding a formal objection to the proposed WCAG2 web accessibility guidelines in a separate email - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
