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Expand Up @@ -963,8 +963,14 @@ <h3>
<h2>
Accessibility Considerations
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<p class="issue" title="Work in Progress">
This section is a work in progress as this document evolves.
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[=User agents=] SHOULD mediate presentation and issuance requests in a
way that offers support for a wide range of user input methods, including
input hardware like keyboards, pointing devices, touch screens, voice
recognition, etc. Additionally, user agents SHOULD support accessible
output methods during these requests to ensure that prompts for
[=user consent=] during such requests can be meaningfully communicated to
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We've traditionally said that the browser only handles permission, not consent.

It seems we have a mismatch on the term definition / section title and meaning. Opened an issue here: #239

the widest range of end-users.
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