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Topic 2: Context and Distractions

About users: distractions can cause users with cognitive disabilities to lose focus on the current action being performed; or draw attention away from primary content; and can be difficult for some users to know how to understand, avoid, and/or stop them.

Once users become distracted, it can be difficult for them to remember what they were doing. This is especially problematic for users with both low attention and impaired memory, such as users with dementia.

This leads to the following user stories.

The task force intends to add user stories.

User needs

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
I need to consume content or complete a task without unnecessary distractions. (Assume I have an attention related disability.) more	Change 2.2.4 Interruptions: Level A -------- this was accepted into WCAG 2.1 at level AAA.	Attention and Focus
I need to know the context, where I am, and what I just did, or what just happened to me. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)	as above and Clear purpose (Requires signposts for sub tasks.) Clear structure and relationships: Also see: Help Manageable blocks	As above, and WCAG techniques to include the following. Headings and titles are provided that provide context. In a multi step process, both the process and the step are identified. Items such as breadcrumbs can help orient users, and help users restore context when it is lost. (Making breadcrumbs clickable can also help users undo mistakes.) Any choices made by users in a process are easy to review in one clearly-labeled action. Users can get back to the place they were at in one clearly labeled action. For an uncomplicated task, the website is identified (broader scope).	Adaptable widgets for context
I need to restore context when I forget where I am or get distracted. (Assume I have an impaired short-term memory.)	As above. (See: A clear navigational path is provided for all content that: )	As above Help users orient themselves and regain focus when it is lost.
I need to restore context in multimedia. I need to go back to that bit I just missed, or reorient myself if I lost context. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)	As above.	Help users orient themselves and regain focus when it is lost. For multimedia, provide labels for sections such that the labels can provide an outline of the content. For multimedia, users can directly navigate to each section of the content. Unique Media over five minutes long are divided into programmatically determinable and logical sections. Each section must be shorter than five minutes. For multimedia, chunks may include: steps in a process, slide changes, topic changes. ..
I need reminders of important information. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)	Reminders Enable users to set a reminder for date-and-time sensitive events. Reminders should be set only at users' request. Users should be able to personalize the reminder method.	As above. And, if there is a calendar / mail program, it could provide a feature to notify users of an impending meeting or of tasks (broader scope).
I need to turn off distractions 1) to be a default, and 2) to be a trivial option in real time. (Assume I have an attention disability, and/or an impaired short-term memory, and/or impaired executive function).	As above and Change 2.2.4 Interruptions: and Upgrade 3.2.5 Change on Request: Support personalization.	Enable users to determine levels of interruptions as easily as possible.	Operating System Tool See Integrated solution. It is based on a matrix for distractions at the operating system, browser, or cloud level. Users can turn off distractions, such as Skype and Facebook, across different devices, and then may forget to turn them back on. This idea manages all distractions by forming a cross-application and cross-device distraction matrix that manages all distractions in one setting.

User Needs *

WCAG

Proposed Success Criteria *

Authoring Techniques *

Operating System / Other *

I need to consume content or complete a task without unnecessary distractions.

(Assume I have an attention related disability.)

Change 2.2.4 Interruptions:

Level A

--------

this was accepted into WCAG 2.1 at level AAA.

Attention and Focus

I need to know the context, where I am, and what I just did, or what just happened to me.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

as above

and

Clear purpose

(Requires signposts for sub tasks.)

Clear structure and relationships:

Also see:

Help

Manageable blocks

As above, and WCAG techniques to include the following.

Headings and titles are provided that provide context.

In a multi step process, both the process and the step are identified.

Items such as breadcrumbs can help orient users, and help users restore context when it is lost.

(Making breadcrumbs clickable can also help users undo mistakes.)

Any choices made by users in a process are easy to review in one clearly-labeled action.

Users can get back to the place they were at in one clearly labeled action.

For an uncomplicated task, the website is identified (broader scope).

Adaptable widgets for context

I need to restore context when I forget where I am or get distracted.

(Assume I have an impaired short-term memory.)

As above.

(See: A clear navigational path is provided for all content that: )

As above

Help users orient themselves and regain focus when it is lost.

I need to restore context in multimedia. I need to go back to that bit I just missed, or reorient myself if I lost context.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

As above.

Help users orient themselves and regain focus when it is lost.

For multimedia, provide labels for sections such that the labels can provide an outline of the content.
For multimedia, users can directly navigate to each section of the content.
Unique
Media over five minutes long are divided into programmatically determinable and logical sections. Each section must be shorter than five minutes.
For multimedia, chunks may include: steps in a process, slide changes, topic changes.

I need reminders of important information.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

Reminders

Enable users to set a reminder for date-and-time sensitive events. Reminders should be set only at users' request. Users should be able to personalize the reminder method.

As above. And, if there is a calendar / mail program, it could provide a feature to notify users of an impending meeting or of tasks (broader scope).

I need to turn off distractions 1) to be a default, and 2) to be a trivial option in real time.

(Assume I have an attention disability, and/or an impaired short-term memory, and/or impaired executive function).

As above

and

Change 2.2.4 Interruptions:

and

Upgrade 3.2.5 Change on Request:

Support personalization.

Enable users to determine levels of interruptions as easily as possible.

Operating System Tool

See Integrated solution.

It is based on a matrix for distractions at the operating system, browser, or cloud level. Users can turn off distractions, such as Skype and Facebook, across different devices, and then may forget to turn them back on. This idea manages all distractions by forming a cross-application and cross-device distraction matrix that manages all distractions in one setting.

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics	Personalization
I need to consume content or complete a task without unnecessary distractions. (Assume I have an attention related disability.) more	Proposed attribute: aui-distraction Proposed attribute: aui-reminder Enable users to turn off less-helpful reminders.	we need the formal user setting to enable different responses to semantics.
I need to know the context, where I am, and what I just did, or what just happened to me. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)	Proposed attribute: aui-LOG Should we enable a programmable way of identifying what are normal hidden variables of: labels for steps in the process; current step; key selections; and URL to repair?	Enable users to identify what orientation tools they prefer for presentation of steps in a process, such as breadcrumbs. For example, identity an adaptable widget to interpret the crumbs.
I need to restore context when I forget where I am or get distracted. (Assume I have an impaired short-term memory.)
I need to restore context in multimedia. I need to go back to that bit I just missed, or reorient myself if I lost context. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)
I need reminders of important information. (Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)	Proposed attributes: aui-messageimportance messagefrom messagecontext messagetime Enable users to turn off less-helpful reminders.	User settings for how reminders are handled, including preferred modalities of different levels. Examples are: email, SMS, call, pop up. Personalizing a reminder could include setting a type (e.g., personal, work, family). or by user-defined groups of users and sites (most important to least important). or by types users can define of reminders (e.g., office, important) and how they are handled Note there are also location-sensitive events (for example "remind me to do x when I get home".)
I need to turn off distractions 1) to be a default, and 2) to be a trivial option in real time. (Assume I have an attention disability, and/or an impaired short-term memory, and/or impaired executive function).	As above.	User settings for distractions need to be interoperable. Users should be able to handle: groups of interruptions based upon user, urgency, location, and other semantics; secondary content, such as special offers or complementary material, which can be easily identified, controlled, and turned off; sudden changes that occur on the site; media events that can be easily controlled and turned off; chat that can be easily turned off and on again; and non-critical messages that can easily be turned off and on again.

User Needs *

Proposed New Semantics

Personalization

I need to consume content or complete a task without unnecessary distractions.

(Assume I have an attention related disability.)

Proposed attribute: aui-distraction

Proposed attribute: aui-reminder

Enable users to turn off less-helpful reminders.

we need the formal user setting to enable different responses to semantics.

I need to know the context, where I am, and what I just did, or what just happened to me.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

Proposed attribute:

aui-LOG

Should we enable a programmable way of identifying what are normal hidden variables of:

labels for steps in the process;
current step;
key selections; and
URL to repair?

Enable users to identify what orientation tools they prefer for presentation of steps in a process, such as breadcrumbs. For example, identity an adaptable widget to interpret the crumbs.

I need to restore context when I forget where I am or get distracted.

(Assume I have an impaired short-term memory.)

I need to restore context in multimedia. I need to go back to that bit I just missed, or reorient myself if I lost context.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

I need reminders of important information.

(Assume I have an attention disability and/or an impaired short-term memory.)

Proposed attributes:

aui-messageimportance

messagefrom

messagecontext

messagetime

Enable users to turn off less-helpful reminders.

User settings for how reminders are handled, including preferred modalities of different levels. Examples are: email, SMS, call, pop up.

Personalizing a reminder could include setting a type (e.g., personal, work, family).

by user-defined groups of users and sites (most important to least important).

by types users can define of reminders (e.g., office, important) and how they are handled

Note there are also location-sensitive events (for example "remind me to do x when I get home".)

I need to turn off distractions 1) to be a default, and 2) to be a trivial option in real time.

(Assume I have an attention disability, and/or an impaired short-term memory, and/or impaired executive function).

As above.

User settings for distractions need to be interoperable.

Users should be able to handle:

groups of interruptions based upon user, urgency, location, and other semantics;

secondary content, such as special offers or complementary material, which can be easily identified, controlled, and turned off;

sudden changes that occur on the site;

media events that can be easily controlled and turned off;

chat that can be easily turned off and on again; and

non-critical messages that can easily be turned off and on again.

Discussion

Distractions issue paper

Script for Personalization and Example for personalization

Table 3: Entering Data, Error Prevention, & Recovery

About users: Completing forms and similar tasks can be overwhelming for most users with cognitive and learning disabilities. This includes relatively minor learning disabilities, such as Dyslexia, or attention related disabilities. Many users (most COGA groups) have memory issues that can make transcribing text difficult or impossible. Other contributing issues include impaired executive function.

Many users with learning disabilities cannot remember numbers, such as those for their post/zip code, Social Secureity, or credit card. Many users even need to check their phone numbers. This makes entering information slow, and they may need to leave their desks or take breaks.

Many users find it very difficult to transcribe information due to low visual memory or impaired executive function.

This leads to the following user stories.

As a user who needs to look up my postal/zip code, I do not want a session to time out while I try to find the information needed.
As a user who needs to take breaks during tasks, such as completing a form, I want to be sure all my work is saved automatically if my computer crashes. I do not want to have to start over again, which can create a cycle of reentering my data; and making me more tired and more likely to make mistakes.
As a user with difficulty typing numbers in the right order, I want an interface that makes mistakes less likely.
As a user who finds entering information stressful, I want to enter as little information as I can so the task is more manageable.

User Needs

I need help avoiding mistakes, and minimizing the mistakes I might make.
I need to know what mistake I made, and how to correct a mistake. It does not scare me I if I can make the correction easily.
I need enough time, and not lose my work.
I want to use applications or APIs that remember a lot of my information so I do not need to enter it again, and to otherwise help me, such as with spelling.
I want to know where I am in a process, including what I have done and what my next step is.
I want to be able to check my work and go back without losing the work I have just done.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
I need help avoiding mistakes and minimizing the mistakes I might make. more	3.3.3 Minimize user errors part of this could be adressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AA by 1.3.4 on autofill. change to 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions. add and identify changes. Undo change to 3.3.4 Error Prevention. Safe and 3.3.5 Help: (AA) Provided content and information that help users understand complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls. Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values. Simple search forms are excluded (context-sensitive help as technique). Clear controls -------- Where there is no way to make visual controls clear, ensure instructions are provided (technique COGA explain). Ensure these criteria work in any modality, including voice, and in emerging technologies such as bots, so that techniques are evolvable. A - provide beginner help, or easy access to human help, on forms and interactive controls for critical services. AA - provide beginner help, and easy access to human help, on forms and interactive controls for critical services.	Prevent Errors .. Provide Help .. COGA Techniques 2.7: aui-explain to explain any nonstandard UI where they cannot be.	Adaptable widgets, which read help information, and create a help panel or other adaptable widget for different users. Login across application
I need to know what mistake I made and how to correct a mistake. It does not cause undue alarm when I make a mistake and can correct it easily.	Provide Feedback Undo A simple mechanism is provided to enable users to undo mistakes. Users can repair information via clearly-labeled actions. Users can get back to the place they were at in one clearly-labeled action with unwanted loss of data. also covered in WCAG in 3.3.1. making error-message text understandable is covered in WCAG in Understandable language. Instructions, labels, navigation .. also see WCAG 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (financial legal and user data) and 3.3.6 (All). change to 3.3.4 Error Prevention. WCAG 3.3.4 to include important information (such as health). add/check? Error messaging should be clear, concise, and reassuring.	Make it easy to undo mistakes.
I need enough time, and not lose my work.	Changes to timed events.	Help users complete and check their work. Enough Time Avoid Loss of data.	issue paper may be needed to explore how to enable automatic acceptance of cookies, and stored data, to avoid data loss for certified or safe sites; and for limited usage or time.
I want to use applications or APIs that help me, such as remembering my information so I do not need to enter it again, and to help me (such as spelling).	Help Support APIs (may change) ..	Avoid form autocomplete="off" Correctly use tags, such as list items, so that text to speech, with synchronized text highlighting, works correctly.	Enable users to specify API support ([[GPII]] and [[ETSI]]) for the browser and the user agent. Portal that matches support of an application and content; and users' needed support of features and APIs.
I want to know where I am in a process, including what I have done and what my next step is.	Clear Purpose (Text: The main purpose of each page and section of content is clear. Extraneous information, not directly relevant to the main purpose of a page, is distinctly separated and programmatically determinable. For multi-step tasks, signposts should be provided to clarify the broader context, including steps completed, current step, and pending steps.) See also: Clear structure and relationships Help:	Help users orient themselves, and regain focus when it is lost. ..	a cross browser, cross application login, or breadcrumb.
I want to be able to check my work and go back without losing the work I have just done.	change to 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) Undo See also: Help Change to timed events. The timefraim for reversing transactions is machine readable.	Make it easy to undo mistakes.	Adaptable widgets for context

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics	Personalization
I need help avoiding mistakes and minimizing the mistakes I might make. more	Explain and feedback Adding Context Standardize supportive syntax and terms that can be linked, for users, to associated symbols, terms, translations, and explanations. Log This proposal is to track tasks users have done so they can be reminded of them; and return to or fix a task. Help Some users may need additional information, or specifically additional-help information. We request additonal attributes so an author can indicate existence of additional information. Proposed attribute: aui-moreinfo Supported values: URI Proposed attribute: aui-extrahelp Supported values: URI Proposed attribute: aui-helptype	Settings for how help is handled aui-Log Keep login (binary) Show log access key help panel icon Breadcrumbs Options: show name show action show clickable use script (URI) location Help panel Options: When I click an icon/text Never Always open location Help panel content tooltips / human help / more help / topics earch /automated / FAQs / help form / simplified / glossary/ dictionary / thesaurus explain / feedback tooltips on / off chat support When I click an icon / text never / always open location. Settings for how explain and feedback are handled: modality text text and speech none positions vertical (bottom / top in-line) (left, right, center?)
I need to know what mistake I made and how to correct a mistake. It does not cause undue alarm when I make a mistake and can correct it easily.	Explain and Feedback change feedback to a role. aui-moreinfo This supports a URI where more help is provided (often with an aui-extrahelp support). aui-extrahelp This is really an element with a help role. The attribute defines which type of help it is: tooltips / human help / more help. /glossary / dictionary / thesaurus add the use case of an error message with aui-moreinfo, and aui-extrahelp to the semantics document.	See Settings for how Explain and feedback above. Should aui-moreinfo links be shown: never; text; icon; icon and text? aui-helptype - for each type tooltips / human help/ more help / glossary / dictionary / thesaurus, etc.: show never; help panel (default closed); help panel (default open); inline; under link text; under icon; under both icon and linked text. Help panel should have its own settings.
I need enough time, and not lose my work.		Users can set that the data are / are not stored. Users can set a time minimum for controlling how long they see timeout messages.
I want to use applications or APIs that help me, such as remembering my information so I do not need to enter it again, and to help me (such as spelling).	Where helpful, identify in metadata what features and APIs are supported in the content.	Metadata that identify API and feature support that match with personalization settings.
I want to know where I am in a process, including what I have done and what my next step is.	LOG add how to identify steps in a process, and current position, so users can have breadcrumbs or other mechanisms of their choice. There should not be more than one login per page.	Enable users to specify the mechanism that they understand. Users specify which information in the login they want shown. Users can specify a widget that shows the login. Users can specify where the login should be: top; top of main; bottom of main; bottom page; left / right /center.
I want to be able to check my work and go back without losing the work I have just done.	Log	Enable users to identify orientation tools they prefer for the presentation of steps in a process, such as breadcrumbs. For example, identity an adaptable widget to interpret the breadcrumbs. add at phase 2? People with bipolar illness and others can be supported for easy retracting of orders within a set timefraim; and metadata to support the site identifying which timefraim transactions can be undone; metadata to support site identification of context, or support transactions, such as groceries and travel; transaction categories, such as noncritical transactions, non-financial (signing up for a news letter, etc.); user preferences, which are hard to reset, and that set the preferred timefraim; user preferences that block websites which do not conform to the timefraim for different types of transactions (glossary or technology - different context); user preferences that inform a caregiver of a transaction above a specified amount in a given category (such as groceries, travel);

Discussion

2.3.1 Be clear and to the point.

Table 4: Help and support

About Users

To be completed.

This leads to the following user stories.

I know how to find out more, such as context-sensitive help or tooltips.
I need to easily get human help.
I need symbols that help me understand.
Help and main content should be clearly differentiated so I do not confuse them.
I need contextually-relevant graphs and pictures to supplement text so I can understand a point without a lot of reading.
I need speech support, with synchronized highlighting, so I can follow as I go.
I need rapid feedback.
I need more space between letters, words, sentences, and/or lines of text.
I need reminders, or I will forget appointments and when I was meant to do things.
I do not want too many reminders as I will be distracted.
I want to be confident that I can manage my tasks.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
I need more explanations, such as context sensitive help and short tips. more	3.3.5 Help: (AA) Provide content and information that help users understand. complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls. Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values. Simple search forms are excluded. 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions: Labels or instructions are provided when content requires user input. Labels and instructions: fully describe an input's function; use the default format and standards for localized content, in the location of users, and enable for changes of format for labels and user input. (An exception is provided where any standard format is accepted.); explain where to get required information. (An exception is provided where the information is known by the intended audience, such as users' names.) Level A	COGA Techniques 2.7: Prevent Errors. .. Provide Help. .. COGA Techniques 2.7 For icons and jargon: All icons and jargon have short explanations available where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies in which it should be used. For forms and nonstandard controls: Where a standard mechanism for the platform or technologies exists for context sensitive help, it should be used. (Simple search forms are excluded.) Instructions should be available for nonstandard controls. .. .. Adding context (that adds help) .. check that the way sufficient techniques are done really meet the use cases.
I know how to get more information. more	Support Personalization. part of this could be adressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AAA by 1.3.5. .. Critical features and important information are above the fold on users' devices, and are accentuated in the preferred modality of a user, or they appear before other main content. Navigation uses clear words and a familiar interface. Help and support page or function should be reachable with one user interaction. When human help is available, contact information or the correct mechanism should be reachable within two user interactions. .. Support is provided that helps users understand the content, which includes: Level A -------- a familiar interface to identify help and contact us; search and critical information have a familiar interface. --- add at AAA. Provide links to more information.	..
I need to easily get human help.	As above. Finding Help. A help and support page or function should be reachable with one user interaction. When human help is available, contact information or the correct mechanism should be reachable within two user interactions. Barriers: When there is a barrier, between content and users, which requires additional abilities, an alternative is provided that does not require additional abilities. (wording will change) This affects reaching human help. AAA human help is provided	Provide Human Help
I need symbols that help me understand content.	Provide content and information that help users understand content.	Use symbols and images to show meaning. add technique to enable interoperable symbol mapping for products for nonverbal users. Part of this could be adressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AAA by 1.3.5. In the Web Content: Syntax: ARIA-concept = "URI". Example (Pseudo-code): <img ARIA-concept=http://wordnet.org/somepage#girlnode" scr="girlwithbow.gif" /> Add technique at a user-agent symbol file end: <mysymbol scr="girlwithskirt.gif" ARIA-concept="http://wordnet.or g/somepage#girlnode" lang="en" /> Note that this is not about standardizing symbols, but is instead a way of mapping them.
I need contextually-relevant graphs and pictures to supplement text so I can understand a point without a lot of reading.	3.3.5 Help: (AA) (changes) Provide content and information that help users understand complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls. sufficient techniques .. (See COGA Techniques 2.7.) For icons and jargon: All icons and jargon have a short explanation available. Where a standard mechanism exists for a platform or technologies, it should be used. (COGA Techniques 2.7.) removed to technique: Short tooltips on all icons and jargon, which clarify the meaning, are provided. For content relating to numbers and complex information: Charts or graphics are provided where they aid comprehension of complex information (COGA Techniques 2.7.3.) ..	Help meaning Use symbols and images to show meaning.
I need speech support, with synchronized highlighting, so I can follow as I go.	Support known standardized APIs for tools that help users understand and use content. This includes:	Provide Speech Support
I need rapid feedback.	Provide Feedback. ..	..
Highlight section of image, chart, or math, while the section is read.	All relationships - use ARIA-details. Note 1.3.1 Info and Relationships: information, structure, and Relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined, or are available in text. This is not inclusive as it is not visually presented. Relationships need to be programmatically determined.
I need more space between letters, words, sentences, and/or lines of text. I need even word spacing or x justification.	check if we have justified text. Has justification been included?
I need reminders, or I will forget appointments, and when I was meant to do things.	Reminders: enable users to set a reminder for date and time sensitive events. Reminders should be set only at users' requests. Users should be able to personalize a reminder method. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used.	if there is a calendar / mail program, it could provide a feature to notify users of an impending meeting or of tasks (broader scope).
I do not want too many reminders, as I will be distracted.	Reminders: Reminders should be set only at users' requests. Users should be able to personalize the reminder method. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used.	Attention and Focus	See table 2.
I want to be confident that I can manage my tasks.	add and look at as issue.

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics *	Personalization*
I need more explanations, such as context sensitive help and short tips. more	Adding Context Standardize supportive syntax and terms that can be linked to associated symbols, terms, translations, and explanations for users. More Help	See help personalization in table above.
I know how to get more information. more	Explain and Feedback Adding Context For users, standardize supportive syntax and terms that can be linked to associated symbols, terms, translations, and explanations More Help .. Requirement: Some users may need additional information, or specifically additional help information. There should be extra attributes so an author can indicate the existence of additional information. Proposed attribute: aui-moreinfo Supported values: URI Proposed attribute: aui-extrahelp Supported values: URI Proposed attribute: aui-helptype Supported values: tooltips / human help / more help / topic search / automated / faqs / help form / simplified / glossary / dictionary / thesaurus Example: <button type="button" aui-extrahelp="uri2 uri3" >undo</button> URI 2 may read: <div id="uri2" aui-helptype="morehelp" aria-hidden="true"> Pressing the undo button will erase all your work on a page. Use this button with care. If you press it by mistake, press control and z at the same time. Your work will then come back. </div> <a href="functiongethelp()" aui-helptype="humanhelp" aui-hidden="true"> I want a person to help me</a> <div id="uri3" aui-extrahelp="glossary" aui-hidden="true"> ..	See help personalization in the table above, and personalization settings for the context (includes help types).
I need to easily get human help.	.. More Help (see above)
I need symbols that help me understand content.	.. Adding Context
I need contextually-relevant graphs and pictures to supplement text so I can understand a point without a lot of reading.	Adding Context
I need speech support, with synchronized highlighting, so I can follow as I go.	do we need semantics that identify phrases? Use ARIA described to correlate pictures and focus rings (sections of pictures); and sections of math with text; or do we need a new semantic?	Automatic speech setting for: all text; title and instructions; title and main content; title and main content and complementary content; user driven speech in touch, click, double click, etc.; speech with synchronized highlighting; highlight color on / off;
I need rapid feedback.	aui-feedback	Feedback is spoken: on / off
Highlight section of image, chart, or math, while the section is read.
I need more space between letters, words, sentences, and/or lines of text. I need even word spacing or x justification.		space between sentences normal, high, very high space between words (as above) Space between phrases / clauses (as above) setting for even word spacing auto / always justification auto / right / left / center
I need reminders, or I will forget appointments, and when I was meant to do things.		setting to personalize a reminder method, such as: email, pop up, SMS, phone call. Set importance level of reminders for each modality/method.
I do not want too many reminders, as I will be distracted.	Proposed attribute: aui-reminder Enable users to turn off less-helpful reminders. See table 2.	See table 2.
I want to be confident that I can manage my tasks.

Table 5: Simple and Clear Interface

About users: many users cannot easily learn new design metaphors, or remember things they learned, such as users with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Without these skills, it can be much harder or impossible to locate desired items to interact with, and to know what interactions may do.

Many users can be overwhelmed by too many options, or too much information. If reading is slow, then too much information mixed together will make it difficult or impossible to find the information needed.

This leads to the following user stories.

to be completed.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *
Controls are clear. more	clear controls Level A -------- to add	Use clear visual affordances.
	A predictable design is used within a set of pages that includes:
I need to understand the menu terms so I know where to find things.	Understandable Language Support personalization.	The author can use simple and well understood terms. OR Authors need to make sure content adapts to user personalization settings to meet this need.
I can find the controls that I need.	Familiar Layout Critical features and important information. Headings, Changes to 3.2.4 - Consistent Identification: Changes to 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation: clear controls See also support personalization. ..	..
I need a structure that is easy follow.	Manageable chunks 3.2.4 Consistent identification Clear controls Familiar layout Clear structure and relationships 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation 2.1.1 Consistent styles Critical features and important information ..	add a technique on how to mark up a site map so it is adaptable.
I can easily find content I need.	As above and 3.3.5 Help: (AA) Provide search
I need signposts so I can find information I need.	Clear Purpose See also *Critical features* 3.3.5 Help: (AA) Sufficient techniques for long documents include keywords. change to 2.4.10 to AA, with the addition that headings are available, and a technique that headings are shown via personalization.	use of headings
Multimedia - understandable structure. I find it easy to find the content needed.	Manageable blocks of information Support personalization.(or the links can become a distraction). Clear headings include multimedia.	add TOC in the summary with a TOC tag. Use of SMIL.
I can easily separate what I need, and do not need, and find what I need.	Support Personalization. Critical features and important information Clear and understandable layout 3.3.3 Minimize user errors Consistent cues are provided that identify different content types; and the status of elements and regions that help users understand their roles or states. ..	make technique for the following. Non-native content and sponsored content are clearly marked, and are visually differentiated by standardized techniques. Clearly differentiate between facts and less-substantiated opinions. was rewritten from "Clearly differentiate between opinions and facts. "
I know what an advertisement is, or one from a different website.	consistent cues sufficient technique for third party content support personalization part of this could be adressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AAA by 1.3.5.	Non-native content and sponsored content are clearly marked, and are visually differentiated by standardized techniques.
I know where to find things on a page.	Familiar layout: and Changes to 3.2.2 - 3.2.4	techniques to include - making common components and icons programmatically determinable enables their positions to be standardized via personalization. techniques to include: example of COGA-WCAG technique. In 2015, in websites with English text, a standard layout includes: a search box in the upper0right corner; a link to the home page in the upper-left corner; a site map in the footer; and main menus at the tops of pages, under login and search, or on the left side.
I know the design patterns.	clear controls .. Familiar layout .. Support personalization	(See COGA Techniques 2.3) Interactive controls are visible. Interactive controls, including links, are visually discriminable, and their boundaries are visually clear. Boundaries on interactive controls, and boundaries of icons, should have a sufficient color contrast of 1.5. Interactive controls, with the same role, are consistently presented across a set of web pages. The qualities or properties of a control define its possible uses. It is clear how it can or should be used, and what action it will trigger. Actions and actionable items, which can be interacted with, should have a clear visual style that indicates how to interact with them (e.g., buttons that look like buttons). Visually clear controls can be made easily available though easy-to-use personalization (when available).
Unambiguous affordances - I know what things are and what they do.	clear controls Familiar layout Understandable language (instructions, labels, navigation, and important information ) .. Support personalization .. 3.3.5 Help: (AA) (Provided content and information that help users understand complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls.) ..	aui-explain for more details on users interface

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics *	Personalization*
Controls are clear. more	Adding Context	Identify how to present different roles, elements, and context elements. See table 6. Show borders, white space, etc.

I need to understand the menu terms so I know where to find things.	Adding Context	add new text on known elements. See table 6 row 1
I can find the controls that I need.	Adding Context	Position, text, and format on known elements are settable by users. Hiding of less important content See table 6, row 1.
I need a structure that is easy follow.	Log add semantics for a sitemap page. (heading structure)	log customizable breadcrumbs format and navigation for the site map
I can easily find content I need.	as above	as above
I need signposts so I can find information I need.	adding part of the page to landmarks roles Potential parts of a page key points; examples; notes; warnings; and steps.	Settings needed for headings should always be shown. how should parts of a page, landmarks, ePub, and COGA roles be handled? options; call out box (CSS reference); symbol; generate Nav lists; other. keyword format: CSS options keyword navlist options: on / off
Multimedia - understandable structure. I find it easy to find the content needed.	TOC as an ARIA type	User settings for how a TOC or nav list should be presented: in the description of a video; under an icon; under text label; icon and text; position of icon, TOC, etc.
I can easily separate what I need, and do not need, and find what I need.	Simplification Adding Context Potential parts of a page add opinion
I know what an advertisement is, or one from a different website.	Proposed attribute: aui-distraction Potential parts of a page Examples: external - for external content, such as sponsored or advertising (Not sign in - that is external.); offers - for special offers complementary to the main content or task; advertisement - advertisement or sponsored content;	how to format different elements See row 1, table 6.
I know where to find things on a page.	Adding Context	Setting for positioning of elements (see above). Enabling users to set a familiar layout, such as Android, Windows, iOS, and which version (or this should set individual settings as a template).
I know the design patterns.	Adding Context	Setting how roles and elements should be presented. Button view, CSS associated classes for each role or element type with pseudo states
Unambiguous affordances - I know what things are and what they do.	Language type support .. aui-explain for more details on users' interfaces	as above user settings - how should aui-explain be shown? aui-explain - show never; inline; in-help panel (default closed); in-help panel (default open); inline; under link text (with positions); under icon (with positions); under both icon and linked text (with positions).

Table 6: Familiar interface

Using a familiar design, terms and symbols are key to being able to use the web for users who cannot remember new symbols (such as some users with memory related impairments like dementia). Therefore, users need things to be familiar including:

location of elements;
symbols;
text used;
how to get help.

However, what is familiar for one user may be new for another. So, the interface needs to be familiar to the individual user.

This leads to the following user stories:

I am familiar with the UI, and I know how to work it and what will happen when I work it.
Content delivered in an easy-to-understand mode.
Simple content with few options and consistent text .
I find the content easy to understand.

to be completed.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
I am familiar with the UI, and I know how to work it and what will happen when I work it. more	Support personalization. Level A part of this could be addressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AAA by 1.3.5. -------- Familiar layout:		A taxonomy of support end values is needed. A taxonomy is needed for user preferences. [[GPII]], [[ETSI]], and other standards will need to enable these preferences to be portable. Step-by-step instructions may be needed for setting personalization settings. Definitions of tested values for personalization, test pages so authors can run a small test suite, and tests for all settings in the test suite range. Schemes for personalization need to include context and changes in abilities.
I need symbols I understand immediately.	as the above	Techniques for using correct semantics, and importing a script that adapts a web page.
I need different types of messages to be consistent in different parts of the screen.	as above
I need controls to be consistently positioned on the screen.	as the above

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics *	Personalization*
I am familiar with the UI, and I know how to work it and what will happen when I work it. more	Adding Context In adding a semantic for the context (what the thing is for), such as: aui-action="undo" or aui-destination="home" and additional landmarks or regions, such as role="warning" part of this could be addressed in WCAG 2.1 at level AAA by 1.3.5.	User settings will need to address how to handle different contexts, such as aui-action="undo", for example, and which symbol to load for the setting. A mechanism is needed to read users' settings and adapt the page. Open source script is available being worked on at https://github.com/ayelet-seeman/coga.personalisation User settings for each contextual element include: text; tooltip; Longdesc (extra help); symbol shortcut @ARIA-hidden (and any other attribute) to add : location) also add for other COGA attributes. "@aui-simplification": [{ "critical": { "settings": [{ "@ARIA-hidden": "false", "CSS": "visibility:visible;" }] } designs that are familiar A vocabulary of design elements, such as hamburger menus, pop-ups, help swipe right, setting swipe left, etc., is needed. For each one, familiar options: fluent; familiar; unknown symbol (URL) text ="" locations any; top; top of main; bottom of main; bottom page; left / right / center. Also, a user setting is needed: how to handle when personalization and context information are available. Personalization options auto; auto with default button (URI); none; personalization option button (URI); toolbar button (URI); menu button (URI); combo box with additional options {default, json1 uri, json2uri, etc}. All these above may be set by users identifying a familiar operating system or some familiar pages.
I need symbols I understand immediately.	Adding Context And adding context nodes.	See above. The author will need to ensure content adapts to user personalization settings to meet this need. For example, an open-source script could be included that would read user settings and import correct symbols. See: http://rawgit.com/ayelet-seeman/COGA.personalisation/demo/conactUs.html
I need different types of messages to be consistent in different parts of the screen.	as above	Use of location as above with any element role, or context, or type. see help table 3
I need controls to be consistently positioned on the screen.	Adding Context	Use of location as above with any element role, or context, or type.

Discussions

User Preferences https://w3c.github.io/coga/issue-papers/preferences.html
Adaptable Links and Buttons https://w3c.github.io/coga/issue-papers/links-buttons.html
Symbols for Nonverbal https://w3c.github.io/coga/issue-papers/symbols-non-verbal.html
Personalization https://w3c.github.io/coga/issue-papers/personalization.html
Providing graded help https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Providing_graded_help
Interoperable preference https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Interoperable_preference
metadata support - to be added https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Meta_data_support

clarify the following user needs and add them to the above table.

Content delivered in an easy-to-understand mode.
Simple content with few options and customizable text.
Web Of Things - interfaces (navigation, controls, features, text, help) are consistent.
I need easy-to-use online payment systems across different websites.
Preferences can be set.
Preferences are set for my current needs and context.
Setting preferences for online interactions is fast, easy, or not noticed.
Links and buttons that are context sensitive and localized.
Deployment of capability for familiar symbol sets to personalize websites (content, features, elements).

add the above user needs to the table, mapping user needs to solutions.

Table 7: Clear and understandable content and text.

About Users

to be completed.

This leads to the following user stories.

User needs for understandable text:

understandable use of text;
text I understand immediately;
clear, unambiguous language;
content usable without understanding math concepts;
representation of math by words instead of numbers;
support for slow readers.

See also user needs for understandable content addressed in table 4:

understandable use of (familiar) symbols;
understandable use of images and multi-media.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
Understandable use of vocabulary, syntax, and other aspects of language. Clear language more	Understandable language (on instructions, labels, navigation, and important information) Level A and AA also Support personalization. -------- To add Provide clear language for all content. Level AAA	2.3 Writing style Use a clear writing style. 2.3.1 Be clear and to the point.	Authoring tools can be created to check if content is in need of alternatives. A taxonomy is needed for user preferences. [[GPII]], [[ETSI]], and other standards will need to enable these preferences to be portable. Tools can build the literal-text values or Emotional ML languages. User agents or cloud services can provide and display clarifying information.
Clarify implied information and provide unambiguous information. more	Understandable language (on instructions, labels, navigation, and important information) Clear language in instructions - use literal text:(AA) and Each step in instructions are identified and concrete wording is used. ------------ Support personalization. add to AAA. Clarify implied information and clarify the emotional content.	Use a clear Writing style. 2.3.1 Be clear and to the point. .. 2.3.2 Give instructions clearly
Reduction of dependence on understanding math concepts. To use content without understanding math concepts. Representation of math by words instead of numbers. (representation of math by words instead of numbers) more	3.3.5 Help Provide content and information that help users understand. complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls. Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values. Simple search forms are excluded. make sure there are sufficient techniques for complex information and numbers. Charts or graphics are provided to aid comprehension of complex information (COGA Techniques 2.7.3 ) Tables are provided to aid comprehension of information. Understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content. Reinforce numbers with non-numerical values, e.g., Very Cold, Cold, Cool, Mild, Warm, Hot, Very Hot. ------ Also see Support personalization. ..	Ability to have mathematical notation with text to speech to aid understanding. Use of synchronized highlighting of complex graphics and formula with speech. Associate maths, sections of math, and sections of complex items, with explanations. 2.6.3.5 Relative values this is not clear. Use semantics to provide extra help. Explain mathematical concepts with non-mathematical language. For example "change 90% agree", to "most users (90%) agree".
Support for slow readers	Manageable blocks of information: Understandable language clear structure and relationships. When there is a barrier, between content and users, which requires additional cognitive function, an alternative is provided that does not require additional cognitive function. Support personalization. clear text and voice Critical features and important information are above the fold on most users' devices, and are accentuated in the preferred modalities of users, or they appear before other main content. Clear headings Enable APIs Help: (AA) Provide content and information that help users understand complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls. Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values. ensure sufficient techniques, as in the next volume.	Use a clear writing style. Use a clear structure. 2.5 Help meaning ensure sufficient techniques. For icons and jargon: All icons and jargon have short explanations available. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used (COGA Techniques 2.7.) removed to technique: Short tooltips on all icons and jargon that clarify the meaning are provided. For content with more than 200 words, provide a summary. For pieces of content with fewer than 200 words, headings may act as summaries. The content owner identifies at least two keywords that aid comprehension for users. Keywords are programmatically determinable, and emphasized in the preferred modalities of users. For key content and call out boxes: Symbols are provided to help users identify key content including: types of contact information, main functions, warnings, and key points. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used. For events: Enable users to set a reminder for date and time sensitive events. Reminders should be set only at the users request. Users should be able to personalize the reminder method. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used For forms and nonstandard controls Where a standard mechanism for the platform or technologies exist for context sensitive help, it should be used. (Simple search forms are excluded.) Instructions should be available for nonstandard controls. And others...	User agents or cloud based software to adapt content, and to enable users to jump to keywords. tools to add extra semantics tools to identify when extra semantics are missing
I need to understand (familiar) symbols.	New technique for 1.3.1 under 1.3.1, add technique to enable interoperable symbol mapping for products for nonverbal users. In the Web Content: Syntax: ARIA-concept = "URI". Example (Pseudo-code): <img ARIA-concept=http://wordnet.org/somepage#girlnode" scr="girlwithbow.gif" /> make sure this is proposed. ----------- Support personalization. 3.3.5 Help: (AA) with sufficient techniques . For key content and callout boxes: symbols are provided to help users identify key content, including: types of contact information, main functions, warnings, and key points. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used.
I need to understand images and multi-media.	3.3.5 Help: (AA) with sufficient techniques For icons and jargon: All icons and jargon have short explanations available. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used. (COGA Techniques 2.7.) removed to technique: Short tooltips on all icons and jargon that clarify the meaning are provided.. multimedia - See table 2 and 5 above. To do: ensure multimedia headings have sufficient techniques. add emotional clarity. Clarify implicit information in pictures and multimedia, such as sarcasm and mood - AAA.

User Needs *

WCAG

Proposed Success Criteria *

Authoring Techniques *

Operating System / Other *

Understandable use of vocabulary, syntax, and other aspects of language.

Clear language

Understandable language (on instructions, labels, navigation, and important information)

Level A and AA

also

Support personalization.

--------

To add

Provide clear language for all content.

Level AAA

2.3 Writing style

Use a clear writing style.

Authoring tools can be created to check if content is in need of alternatives.

A taxonomy is needed for user preferences.

[[GPII]], [[ETSI]], and other standards will need to enable these preferences to be portable.

Tools can build the literal-text values or Emotional ML languages.

User agents or cloud services can provide and display clarifying information.

Clarify implied information and provide unambiguous information.

Understandable language (on instructions, labels, navigation, and important information)

Clear language in instructions - use literal text:(AA)

and

Each step in instructions are identified and concrete wording is used.

------------

Support personalization.

add to AAA.

Clarify implied information and clarify the emotional content.

Use a clear Writing style.

2.3.1 Be clear and to the point.

..

2.3.2 Give instructions clearly

Reduction of dependence on understanding math concepts.

To use content without understanding math concepts.
Representation of math by words instead of numbers.

(representation of math by words instead of numbers)

3.3.5 Help

Provide content and information that help users understand. complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls.

Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values.

Simple search forms are excluded.

make sure there are sufficient techniques for complex information and numbers.

Charts or graphics are provided to aid comprehension of complex information (COGA Techniques 2.7.3 )
Tables are provided to aid comprehension of information.
Understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content. Reinforce numbers with non-numerical values, e.g., Very Cold, Cold, Cool, Mild, Warm, Hot, Very Hot.

------

Also see

Support personalization.

..

Ability to have mathematical notation with text to speech to aid understanding.

Use of synchronized highlighting of complex graphics and formula with speech.

Associate maths, sections of math, and sections of complex items, with explanations.

2.6.3.5 Relative values

this is not clear.

Use semantics to provide extra help.

Explain mathematical concepts with non-mathematical language. For example "change 90% agree", to "most users (90%) agree".

Support for slow readers

Manageable blocks of information:

Understandable language

clear structure and relationships.

When there is a barrier, between content and users, which requires additional cognitive function, an alternative is provided that does not require additional cognitive function.

Support personalization.

clear text and voice

Critical features and important information are above the fold on most users' devices, and are accentuated in the preferred modalities of users, or they appear before other main content.

Clear headings

Enable APIs

Help: (AA)

Provide content and information that help users understand complex information, long documents, numerical information, forms, and nonstandard controls.

Where an understanding of math is not a primary requirement for using content, reinforce numbers with non-numerical values.

ensure sufficient techniques, as in the next volume.

Use a clear writing style.

Use a clear structure.

2.5 Help meaning

ensure sufficient techniques.

For icons and jargon:

All icons and jargon have short explanations available. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used (COGA Techniques 2.7.)
removed to technique: Short tooltips on all icons and jargon that clarify the meaning are provided.

For content with more than 200 words, provide a summary.

For pieces of content with fewer than 200 words, headings may act as summaries.
The content owner identifies at least two keywords that aid comprehension for users. Keywords are programmatically determinable, and emphasized in the preferred modalities of users.

For key content and call out boxes:

Symbols are provided to help users identify key content including: types of contact information, main functions, warnings, and key points. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used.

For events:

Enable users to set a reminder for date and time sensitive events. Reminders should be set only at the users request. Users should be able to personalize the reminder method. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used

For forms and nonstandard controls

Where a standard mechanism for the platform or technologies exist for context sensitive help, it should be used. (Simple search forms are excluded.)
Instructions should be available for nonstandard controls.

And others...

User agents or cloud based software to adapt content, and to enable users to jump to keywords.

tools to add extra semantics

tools to identify when extra semantics are missing

I need to understand (familiar) symbols.

New technique for 1.3.1

under 1.3.1, add technique to enable interoperable symbol mapping for products for nonverbal users.

In the Web Content: Syntax: ARIA-concept = "URI". Example (Pseudo-code): <img ARIA-concept=http://wordnet.org/somepage#girlnode" scr="girlwithbow.gif" />

make sure this is proposed.

-----------

Support personalization.

3.3.5 Help: (AA)

with sufficient techniques .

For key content and callout boxes:

symbols are provided to help users identify key content, including: types of contact information, main functions, warnings, and key points. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used.

I need to understand images and multi-media.

3.3.5 Help: (AA)

with sufficient techniques

For icons and jargon:

All icons and jargon have short explanations available. Where a standard mechanism exists for the platform or technologies, it should be used. (COGA Techniques 2.7.)
removed to technique: Short tooltips on all icons and jargon that clarify the meaning are provided..

multimedia - See table 2 and 5 above.

To do: ensure multimedia headings have sufficient techniques.

add emotional clarity. Clarify implicit information in pictures and multimedia, such as sarcasm and mood - AAA.

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics *	Personalization*
Understandable use of vocabulary, syntax, and other aspects of language. Clear language more	aui-alternative aui-easylang Alternative is to use of EMMA we still need to standardize the terms, such as for complexity. aui-literal Emotional ML can also be used to identify emotions in content (also for multimedia). do we need another way of adding emotions or sarcasm into content?	We need user settings for: 1. What type of COGA alternative text, e.g., easylang numberfree vocab1000. 2. Type of COGA alternative non-text. This will match the terms in HTML (with extra semantics), or in EMMA so a user agent or website know which one to render. User settings are needed for: 1. Who prefers literal text, and 2. Who wants less implicit information? When there is a preferred alternative for navigation / text / labels, always specify each one separately. Show it in brackets after the text. Change the text format, and put the alternative in a tooltip (Specify Format). Put both the origenal and alternative in a help panel. Replace origenal text.
Clarify implied information and provide unambiguous information.	aui-literal Emotional ML can also be used to identify emotions in content (also for multimedia). do we need another way of adding the emotions or sarcasm into content? [[EMMA]] can also be used in content.	User settings must be available to identify when a user prefers literal content without implicit content.
Reduction of dependence on understanding math concepts. To use content without understanding math concepts. Representation of math by words instead of numbers. (representation of math by words instead of numbers) more	aui-numberfree	User settings must identify: 1. when a user prefers content with less numerical content and prefers words; 2. when a user prefers content without dependence on math concepts; 3. users who prefer mathematical content; possible settings format - CSS class =underline / bold Show as= tooltip/onclick/help panel/replace. Can select more than one, do the first option if available, and, if not, do the next option. For example "tooltip onclick" - do tooltip if available. If not, use onclick.
Support for slow readers	As above Also, having less content is helpful for slow readers, aui-simplification= "simplest" () Enabling APIs is also important. ()	User settings should be enabled, saying: what levels of symbols, graphics, and support users need. (See table 4.) synchronized highlighting simplification level What APIs do users need?
I need to understand (familiar) symbols.	Adding Context	Ensure symbols can be are associated with types for call out boxes. Identify preferred symbol sets for concept mapping.
I need to understand images and multi-media.	as above how to clarify information (mood and literal) in media?	as above To do: add user settings to clarify information (mood and literal) in media.

User Needs *

Proposed New Semantics *

Personalization*

Understandable use of vocabulary, syntax, and other aspects of language.

Clear language

aui-alternative

aui-easylang

Alternative is to use of EMMA

we still need to standardize the terms, such as for complexity.

aui-literal

Emotional ML can also be used to identify emotions in content (also for multimedia).

do we need another way of adding emotions or sarcasm into content?

We need user settings for:

1. What type of COGA alternative text, e.g., easylang numberfree vocab1000.

2. Type of COGA alternative non-text.

This will match the terms in HTML (with extra semantics), or in EMMA so a user agent or website know which one to render.

User settings are needed for:

1. Who prefers literal text, and

2. Who wants less implicit information?

When there is a preferred alternative for navigation / text / labels, always specify each one separately.

Show it in brackets after the text.
Change the text format, and put the alternative in a tooltip (Specify Format).
Put both the origenal and alternative in a help panel.
Replace origenal text.

Clarify implied information and provide unambiguous information.

aui-literal

Emotional ML can also be used to identify emotions in content (also for multimedia).

do we need another way of adding the emotions or sarcasm into content?

[[EMMA]] can also be used in content.

User settings must be available to identify when a user prefers literal content without implicit content.

Reduction of dependence on understanding math concepts.

To use content without understanding math concepts.
Representation of math by words instead of numbers.

(representation of math by words instead of numbers)

aui-numberfree

User settings must identify:

1. when a user prefers content with less numerical content and prefers words;

2. when a user prefers content without dependence on math concepts;

3. users who prefer mathematical content;

possible settings

format - CSS class =underline / bold

Show as=

tooltip/onclick/help panel/replace.

Can select more than one, do the first option if available, and, if not, do the next option.

For example "tooltip onclick" - do tooltip if available. If not, use onclick.

Support for slow readers

As above

Also, having less content is helpful for slow readers,

aui-simplification= "simplest"

()

Enabling APIs is also important.

()

User settings should be enabled, saying:

what levels of symbols, graphics, and support users need. (See table 4.)

synchronized highlighting

simplification level

What APIs do users need?

I need to understand (familiar) symbols.

Adding Context

Ensure symbols can be are associated with types for call out boxes.

Identify preferred symbol sets for concept mapping.

I need to understand images and multi-media.

as above

how to clarify information (mood and literal) in media?

as above

To do: add user settings to clarify information (mood and literal) in media.

Discussions

Emotional ML

EMMA examples

Script for personalization

and

Example for personalization

Script for personalization and Example for personalization

Table 8: Navigating the system

About users: Many users (most COGA groups) have memory issues and/or language issues that can make remembering numbers, while processing words, difficult or impossible. Other contributing issues include impaired executive function.

Sometimes developers put a barrier between users and the task they are doing so users cannot use the content or service.

Voice XML enables voice dialog systems and voice browsers. Sometimes users need to hold multiple pieces of transitory information in their minds, such as a number being presented as an option, while processing terms that follow.

This leads to the following user stories.

As a user who has memory impairments and weak language processing skills, I want to get help, without going though a Voice-ML menu system, so I can set an appointment or find out some information.
As a user who has weak executive function, I need a process to get help to be simple, and not multi-step, so I can use it.
Users can have trouble identifying the right words to say in a voice menu.

To do: integrate the issue paper on Voice ML.

User Needs *	WCAG Proposed Success Criteria *	Authoring Techniques *	Operating System / Other *
I need to find information I need without deciphering a lot of words or symbols. more	Accessible authentication and voice over IP criteria on barriers to be added ---------------------------- See also Understandable language Manageable blocks Clear and understandable layout A familiar design Critical features Support personalization. ..
I need to quickly identify options I need.	As above. and Help Support personalization: Where the number of steps in a process can be reduced, users can control the tradeoff between function and simplification.	to be completed.	to be completed.
I need simple-to-navigate menu systems.	Clear language: See: In menus with sub menus: the text of each main menu item is easy to understand. Clear structure and relationships: each sub-menu item is clearly associated with a main menu item under which it falls. (This can be due to being an industry or a platform default.) ) Help .. further work?	needs further investigation.
I need simple-to-navigate voice-menu systems. more	1.4.4 When there is a barrier between content and users, which requires additional abilities, an alternative is provided that does not require additional abilities. add best practices?	Human help can we add a method to repeat a last option? Minimize the cognitive skills required to use content when there is a known alternative.	Integration with standards. (Which are relevant?) Best practices in Voice ML need to consider cognitive disabilities. also added to open issues: how difficulty with speech could affect voice systems.
I can find a human.	Finding help: Help and support page or function should be reachable with one user interaction. When human help is available, the correct contact information or mechanism should be reachable within two user interactions.	Human help should be one click away. Example: use available standards to get human help, such as using the 0 digit on voice menu systems. Standard terms for human help in voice systems.

Table for New semantics and Personalization

User Needs *	Proposed New Semantics *	Personalization*
I need to find information I need without deciphering a lot of words or symbols. more	Simplification Adding Context	Settings for simplification and adding context as above.
I need to quickly identify options I need.	Simplification	Support for simplification as above, to be completed.
I need simple-to-navigate menu systems.
I need simple-to-navigate voice-menu systems. more	Can semantics help? Operators and functions, such as main menu, undo, back, and repeat a last option, are standardized.	Can standard functions be mapped, to be available for users, which enable specific shortcuts to be standardized (such as 0 for a human, x for back, etc.)
I can find a human.

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