Editorial: Language, Jargon

w3c / low-vision-a11y-tf

Low Vision Accessibility Task Force

http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/

20 stars 18 forks source link

Editorial: Language, Jargon #60

Open allanj-uaag opened 8 years ago

allanj-uaag commented 8 years ago

from comment: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-low-vision-comments/2016AprJun/0003.html

· the paper doesn’t mention or make reference to younger population of students with vision impairment who also have need to access electronic content, tools and technologies related to education.

· there is jargon used which may be too technical for the person who has no experience with low vision and accessibility.

· reading level may need to be adjusted - The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 suggest we write content that requires reading skills no more advanced than lower secondary education level (roughly 9 years of education). @@note: we are 10.1 according to Word Flesch-Kincaid scale

shawna-slh commented 8 years ago

Suggested replies:

The paper says "Some low vision is congenital (from birth) and some is caused by injuries."
We attempted to avoid or explain jargon. We welcome specific suggestions for improvements.
We plan to do a copyedit pass once the content is stable to simply the wording and lower the reading level as appropriate.

lauracarlson commented 8 years ago

Agree with suggested replies. Thanks, Shawn!

allanj-uaag commented 8 years ago

works for me. Thanks Shawn.

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Laura Carlson notifications@github.com wrote:

Agree with suggested replies. Thanks, Shawn!

— You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/60#issuecomment-222501324, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe/AG_WL_9HNkYuy4A43qs_anWt2yLMW4Luks5qGvClgaJpZM4IQXWX .

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

ghost commented 8 years ago

agree with suggested replies, particularly third bullet

shawna-slh commented 8 years ago

Resolved 2 June 2016

allanj-uaag commented 7 years ago

Added our comments to the Australian Blind Forum reply