Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Reviewing the "Accessibility of Ecma Office Open XML File Formats"
>
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>| When and how will the accessibility failings cited in the paper be fixed? ...
>| For example, the white paper notes that MSOXML fails to support WCAG 1.0
>| checkpoints 4.2, 5.2, 9.4, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, and 12.4. The white paper
>| further notes that MSOXML only partially supports checkpoints WCAG 1.0
>| checkpoints 6.4, 8.1, 9.1, and 11.1. Some of these are particularly important
>| for blind users needing to understand the context of table cells and for good
>| Braille and DAISY transcription of tables - issues we found in ODF v1.0 and
>| fixed in ODF v1.1. Will these things get fixed in the future? If so, when? By
>| whom? With what outside review (if any)? To appear in what update of the
>| specification?
> `----
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/korn/entry/reviewing_the_a_href_http
>
> Just to think that Microsoft uses the "accessibility" FUD in MA in order to
> stifle OpenDocument adoption.
I can't really see Microsoft being all that concerned about disabled
people having access problems - they're far more interested in revenue
for themselves.
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