[whatwg] [HTML5] Accessibility question - SSML

Keryx Web webmaster at keryx.se
Tue Mar 18 14:23:10 PDT 2008


Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis skrev:
> I think it's a mistake to assume a "accessible" or 
> "screen-reader-friendly" view should be non-interactive.
> 
> In so far as this is true at all, it's largely a result of web 
> interactivity depending on non-standard widgets. AFAICT, this is one of 
> the problems HTML5 tries to solve.
> 

Hear, hear!

We also need to work with screen readers and browser developers so that 
that CSS media rules actually start to be applied. And Webkit should 
join the ARIA party!

A thought (an just a thought), however, that might be worth 
investigating is if SSML could be embedded into HTML, using similar 
principles as is being considered for SVG.


Lars Gunther



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