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<h1 id="title" class="title">Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements</h1>
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<section id="collaboration-tools-and-accessibility"><div class="header-wrapper"><h3 id="x1-4-collaboration-tools-and-accessibility"><bdi class="secno">1.4 </bdi>Collaboration tools and accessibility</h3><a class="self-link" href="#collaboration-tools-and-accessibility" aria-label="Permalink for Section 1.4"></a></div>

<p>By following established guidance, notably that of <cite>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)</cite> [<cite><a class="bibref" data-link-type="biblio" href="#bib-wcag22" title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2">wcag22</a></cite>], designers of collaboration tools can help ensure that their user interfaces are <em>perceivable</em> to and <em>operable</em> by a wide range of users with disabilities. Following the Guidelines also enables user interfaces to be more <em>understandable</em>, and to be <em>robust</em> in their support for a range of user agents and assistive technologies. In addition, non-normative guidance of a general nature on improving accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities has been published in [<cite><a class="bibref" data-link-type="biblio" href="#bib-coga-usable" title="Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities">coga-usable</a></cite>]. However, implementing current guidelines and suggested practices is not sufficient by itself to ensure that the user interface of a collaboration tool can be understood and used efficiently by people with disabilities. Thus, conforming to WCAG may well be insufficient for collaborative environments. For example WCAG does not inform automated interface simplification — a general web accessibility requirement being considered in APA's <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/adapt/">WAI-Adapt Task Force</a>.</p>
<p>By following established guidance, notably that of <cite>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)</cite> [<cite><a class="bibref" data-link-type="biblio" href="#bib-wcag22" title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2">wcag22</a></cite>], designers of collaboration tools can help ensure that their user interfaces are <em>perceivable</em> to and <em>operable</em> by a wide range of users with disabilities. Following the Guidelines also enables user interfaces to be more <em>understandable</em>, and to be <em>robust</em> in their support for a range of user agents and assistive technologies. In addition, guidance of a general nature on improving accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities has been published in [<cite><a class="bibref" data-link-type="biblio" href="#bib-coga-usable" title="Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities">coga-usable</a></cite>]. However, implementing current guidelines and suggested practices is not sufficient by itself to ensure that the user interface of a collaboration tool can be understood and used efficiently by people with disabilities. Thus, conforming to WCAG may well be insufficient for collaborative environments. For example WCAG does not inform automated interface simplification — a general web accessibility requirement being considered in APA's <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/adapt/">WAI-Adapt Task Force</a>.</p>
<p>The collaboration features of these tools are necessarily complex. This can impose significant cognitive demands on many users, not only users with specialized accessibility requirements. This is especially true for users of screen readers, screen magnification and color contrast assistive technologies, as well as for persons living with various cognitive and learning disabilities. Many users cannot track updates on multiple locations simultaneously, Rather, they must view and comprehend the interactive elements of the application's features sequentially, for example in speech or braille for screen reader users. A screen reader or magnifier used in a collaborative application may well present suggested changes and comments in one section of the screen while the user is reading a document in a word processor. The user may also be expected to be communicating verbally with fellow collaborators (e.g., in a meeting) while undertaking editing tasks. Moreover, at any time, incoming changes made by collaborators may alter the text that the user is reading or editing in real time.</p>
<p>Due to the cognitive demands created by collaboration tools in the practical and social contexts in which they are used, strategies for improving accessibility are desirable that extend beyond current <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> guidance.</p>
<p>Thus when we talk about collaborative tools we necessarily must consider accessibility burdens imposed by their
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