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Accessibility at the Edge Community Group Weekly Teleconference 8 May 2023

08 May 2023

Attendees

Present
janina, katew_, Lionel
Regrets
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Chair
Janina
Scribe
Lionel

Meeting minutes

<janina> Date 08 May 2023

kate: Reading the document in detail, and preparing for providing responses
… Focusing on agency and human-centered principles

janina: We want to add cross references as well

Human Centered Principles

katew_: Agency means 'capacity to act'. It is related to autonomy.
… You can have autonomy but still be missing agency in particular contexts
… Independence is larger than agency, and they may or may not be mutually exclusive
… Independence is an attribute of a person, whereas agency is something held (or not) in relationship to something (e.g., software)

Lionel: We should express clearly the nature of agency, how users have reasonable expectations of controlling experiences
… and focus on preserving dignity in any setting

katew_: The conduct that we are designing for systems should follow these conventions for decency, civility, manners, digital dignity
… no one has full agency in any experience.
… it is helpful to consider parity. Parity of agency, or experiential parity.

Lionel: Parity is good, keeping in mind that it might play out in qualitatively different ways over time

<janina> https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/preparing-accessibility-for-the-future-and-the-present/

katew_: To support this perspective, we can spell out in a clearer what such parity would look like

Lionel: Other helpful links
… to join W3C and the Community Group, https://www.w3.org/community/a11yedge/

<katew_> - clearer way through conventions or principles (re: parity)

Lionel: and Jutta Treviranus video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTWlRLG48eE

Next steps

katew_: I will make suggestions for organizing people's needs so that it aligns with human-centered principles

janina: I intend to complete my pass #1 of my task, leaving spell checking and links for the next pass

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