- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:55:02 -0500
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>
Hi Anne, I wrote: >> As an aid to the scribe, a recording could be helpful after the fact >> to repair minutes. >> >> But if a full recording is offered to the public it is only equitable >> to offer a full transcript for people who do not have the option to >> listen. >> >> If you're deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind you'll be locked out of >> full content. The guidance therefore, according to the Web Content >> Accessibility Guidelines, is to provide a transcript. You wrote: > So your opinion is that we should not provide any public recording whatsoever if > we cannot commit to also offer a transcript? We should follow WCAG. John Foliot has vast experience in this area and might have some leads on how to do this at a reasonable cost. Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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