- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:56:09 +1000
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:20 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > HI all, > > Silvia wrote: > >> I think we need this for video, too. How about a @transcription >> attribute on the <img> element (and <video> and <audio>) that contains >> the link outright? Can be a link to some other element on the same >> page or a different page altogether. >> >> It would be displayed in text-only browsers instead of the media and >> be keyboard focusable for AT users to be read out and followed. > > Another a clear and specific use case is for people on slow > connections with GUI browsers. Playing a video for people on dialup is > not an option. People on slow connections need a way to obtain a > transcript so at least they can obtain *some* content. I wonder: When you turn off images in a browser, does that also turn off video and audio? (In Chrome I don't even see a preference setting for images any more.) Silvia.
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