Jonathan, I don't claim to be an accessibility expert. But I know enough about accessibility to know that it primarily is an issue about the user agent and the underlying operating system and not so much an issue about the underlying graphics format. It could be, if you help me to see where the format can improve accessibility.
As far as selection of text for blind works: SVG 1.2 supports focusing elements, e.g. selecting elements or text using the tab key. The author can define which elements are focusable. I am sure that blind people can find the tab key. But there is no doubt that there are accessibility problems when viewing graphics as a blind person. Thats a fact. You always claim that the SVG format doesn't support accessibility and it sucks, etc. but I don't see a single useful proposal to improve the situation other than general statements (e.g. holistic approach, etc.) Please list now your suggestion on how to improve accessibility in the SVG format. Please use precise proposals and not some general statements, like "holistic approach" and "SVG sucks", etc. I also don't see how microformats can help you to improve accessibility in a graphics format, a graphics viewer and a graphics authoring tool. Please enlighten me. Andreas --- In [email protected], Jonathan Chetwynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andreas, > > how are you proposing that blind people will select text to be read? > > regards > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > > > On 6 Feb 2007, at 21:49, Andreas Neumann wrote: > > there even is one SVG viewer that allows to read selected text. In > Safari Webkit (next version) it is possible to use text to speech by > using the MacOSX builtin text to speech engine. > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
