[At-Large] [ALAC] Fwd: ALAC and accessibility for people with disability
Gunela Astbrink
g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
Thu Oct 18 21:53:19 UTC 2012
Yes, I understand that. And I hope that many other countries support
Hungary's proposal.
Resolution 70 is useful background information on the activities of the
ITU-T in terms of accessibility.
On 19/10/12 8:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>
> Thanks Gunela, the Hungary proposal that I had mentioned was their
> proposal in terms of the review of the ITRs in WCIT 12.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
> <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>> wrote:
>
> Useful update from Sala.
>
> The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has
> been signed by 154 countries with 125 ratifications and as you say,
> Sala, the US has not ratified yet.
>
> With regard to WCIT, you might be interested in the ITU-T Resolution
> 70 on telecommunications/ICT accessibility for people with disabilities
> http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-__T.70-2008
> <http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-T.70-2008>
>
> This states that consideration of accessibility should be taken in
> standards development. I'd like to see this integrated approach in
> ICANN processes too. It's more than web accessibility.
>
> Gunela
>
>
> On 19/10/12 4:48 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>
> Streaming into the Caribbean WCIT Consultations and learning alot:
>
> Also interesting to note the following:
>
> * There is a United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with
>
> Disabilities on this area, see:
> http://www.un.org/__disabilities/default.asp?id=__150
> <http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=150> (Whilst the US
> signed, it did not ratify the same. Although other
> countries have)
> * There is a submission by Hungary in the review of the ITRs
> to add a
>
> component to enable access for disabled persons and they are
> proposing 8(b) which countries should get behind as it is
> central to
> the issue of Access;
> * Whilst there have been other resolutions from the
> plenipotentiaries,
>
> where it was resolved that a Fund be created, only Cyprus
> has been
> giving money into the that Fund
>
>
> Much awareness still has to be done apparently for access.
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Gunela Astbrink
> <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>
> <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>>__>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Sala,
>
> Thank you so much for your kind words. It's good to hear
> that the
> session I organised at PacINET on accessibility made an impact.
>
> Faaolo Utumapu from Samoa demonstrated how her screen reading
> software with speech synthesis works and how she can navigate
> through accessible websites. She also demonstrated how
> barriers are
> placed in front of her when websites are not accessible. For
> example, if she were to use the myICANN website, she would
> not be
> able to know to follow certain image links if they do not
> have an
> alt tag with a description. Nor would she be able to read
> the large
> image map about Internet governance as it is a jpg with no
> descriptive text.
>
> Sandra, these are two examples of accessibility errors on the
> myICANN website. The website in itself is user-friendly and
> I hope
> that there are only a few accessibility issues to fix.
>
> The W3C WCAG 2.0 guidelines may have been overlooked by the web
> developers but I hope that this is now being dealt with,
> Carlton.
>
> It would be great to get feedback from staff about this issue.
>
> As both Olivier and Sala have intimated, accessibility for
> people
> with disability will help to make ICANN truly inclusive. It
> actually
> goes beyond web accessibility of ICANN sites and should be
> incorporated into wider policy and processes even relating
> to new gTLDs.
>
> Regards,
> Gunela
>
>
> On 17/10/12 8:27 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>
> Dear Olivier,
>
> Gunela is an extraordinary advocate and has
> consistently raised W3C
> issues in various foras both nationally, regionally and
> globally. I will
> never forget when at a PACINET Annual Conference which
> is an annual
> meeting organised by the ALS that I subscribe to in
> American
> Samoa last
> year when I saw this blind Samoan girl conduct a demo
> with her
> machine
> and articulate confidently and articulately her desire for
> accessibility. Our ALS have a number of advocates who
> despite the
> numerous physical challenges continue to make an impact in
> discussions
> and in running initiatives in their countries in Tonga,
> Samoa
> and Fiji.
>
> For the ordinary end user there are elements of
> accessibility
> that the
> global community should consider. I would also like to
> take this
> time to
> thank Gunela for reminding us of this important cause.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Sala
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Carlton Samuels
> <carlton.samuels at gmail.com
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.__com
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com>>
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.>____com
>
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.__com
> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>
> The simple response is to ask staff to verify if
> the W3C web
> accessibility
> guidelines were adopted for the website. And if
> not, why not?
>
> Failing, I would ask if any assistive technologies
> were
> contemplated at
> all? And if not, what are the plans for remediation.
>
> - Carlton
>
> ==============================
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>
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Olivier MJ
> Crepin-Leblond
> <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>>>wrote:
>
>
> >
> > For your information, please be so kind to find
> an email
> sent by
> one of
> > our members in Australia regarding
> accessibility, including
> > accessibility of the new myICANN.org Web site.
> > I believe there is a deeper implication to make
> ICANN as
> well as its
> > bottom-up policy processes and its communication
> strategy more
> > accessible to everyone. Comments welcome!
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: ALAC and accessibility for
> people with
> disability
> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:12:59 +1100
> > From: Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink@*.au>
> > To: ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>>
> > CC: Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@*.com>,
> Save Vocea
> <save.vocea@
> > *.org>
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Olivier,
> >
> > Unfortunately, I won't be at the Toronto ICANN
> meeting.
> >
> > I remember we have had discussions about
> accessibility
> for people
> with
> > disability in the past.
> >
> > The new myICANN website has prompted me to
> contact you.
> >
> > The ICANN websites have accessibility errors
> including
> the brand new
> > myICANN. That looks like a great site and is
> intended
> for the general
> > public. Thus, people with disability who
> comprise one
> billion
> people in
> > the world should have adequate access.
> >
> > I was invited to participate in the
> consultation for a
> new At-Large
> > website and hope that it will incorporate
> accessibility
> based on
> the Web
> > Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0
> (WCAG 2.0)
> right
> from the
> > start. http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/____wcag.php
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/__wcag.php>
>
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/__wcag.php
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php>>
> >
> > I am very concerned that accessibility should be
> considered in new
> > policy or process.
> >
> > ISOC are about to launch a policy paper on Internet
> accessibility for
> > people with disability (drafted by me).
> >
> > I'd like to see ICANN also taking this issue on
> in a
> systematic
> way. For
> > example, mechanisms could be considered on how to
> encourage new
> gTLDs to
> > consider accessibility.
> >
> > Happy to discuss further.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gunela
> >
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> > Gunela Astbrink
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>
>
>
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> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
> P.O. Box 17862
> Suva
> Fiji
>
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> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
>
>
>
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Gunela Astbrink
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PO Box 600
Ballina NSW 2478
Australia
Mobile: +61 417 715738
Email: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
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