Accessible Annotation Creation Tool Notes

Use cases

Hypothes.is - Highlighting online textbooks and articles
Feedback tool - selection of content and request a translation, alternative, explanation, etc.
Metadata authoring - select a section of content in the editor and insert a citation, link, bold text etc.

If the user is in edit mode (i.e. the user is in an editable text area, or in an application like a rich text editor)
If the user is in a read-only mode

If using a screen reader - how do you know where a selection has started and ended?
If a user has to switch modes to go into a "select mode"
- Where do you know to put the caret?
How will keyboard only ( no screen reader ) interactions work?

Google Docs
- How to make comments Google Docs (keyboard shortcuts)
- Keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs
- Editing with a screen reader
- Screen reader support in Google Docs
Medium.com
- Use mouse to select text and highlight
ARIA Effort
- Initially part of the ARIA 1.1 effort, but moved ultimately to ARIA 2.0.
- Starting point: ISSUE-655: Consider creating annotations roles for comments, spell-check errors, etc.
- Based on a proposal from Microsoft regarding annotations in Office Online:
  - Microsoft's Position Paper
W3C Annotations Effort
- Recent announcement from the Web Annotations Working Group.