[Bug 10642] No alternative text description for video key frame (poster)

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10642

Peter Winnberg <peter.winnberg@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #70 from Peter Winnberg <peter.winnberg@gmail.com> 2010-11-13 07:24:53 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #69)
> 
> However, my argument is not that we do not need a text alternative for the
> poster. I do argue that we need that. But I also argue that when we have a text
> replacement for the video, we can include the text replacement for the poster
> in that piece of text - it does not have to be separate.
> 
> So, as an example: an alternative text for film festival videos may be:
> "Video poster shows .....blah. Video is about .... blah."

If the poster alt text is not separate it will be much harder to detect
programmatically. So tools like a validator / a11y checker / similar can’t help
authors by checking for video elements that have a poster image but is missing
alt text for the poster image. Like when the author forgot to add one.

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Received on Saturday, 13 November 2010 07:24:59 UTC