This guidance extends other international guidelines on photosensitive epilepsy hazards to accommodate changes in technologies and content formats since those guidelines were initially developed. The intent of this repository is to house guidelines that can be adopted and adapted by others, including standards bodies.
- pseGuidelines.md - guidelines available under a CC BY 4.0 license for potential adaptation.
- guidelinesFromPaper.md - guidelines from the paper (2024) under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license (no derivatives).
Jordan, J. B. & Vanderheiden, G. C. (2024). International Guidelines for Photosensitive Epilepsy: Gap Analysis and Recommendations. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 17(3), 17:1 - 17:35. https://doi.org/10.1145/3694790
- ISO 9241-391: Ergonomics of human-system interaction—Part 391: Requirements, analysis and compliance test methods for the reduction of photosensitive seizures. https://www.iso.org/standard/56350.html
- ITU-R BT.1702: Guidance for the reduction of photosensitive epileptic seizures caused by television. https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.1702
- Japan Broadcasting Corporation and Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association. アニメーション等の映像手法に関するガイドライン (Guidelines on video methods such as animation). https://www.j-ba.or.jp/category/broadcasting/jba103852
- Ofcom. Annex 1: Ofcom Guidance Note on Flashing Images and Regular Patterns in Television. In Ofcom Guidance Notes, Section 2: Harm and offence. pp 18–21. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/104657/Section-2-Guidance-Notes.pdf
- W3C. Success Criteria 2.3.1 and 2.3.2. In Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
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