Robert Neff wrote: from an implementation standpoint, what does everyone think about having text transcripts as P2 for a video clip and synchronized captions P3? and Charles McCN replied: I think that defining priority on the basis of a implementation difficulty is a serious mistake. We have a reasonable ability to understand user needs in a regular way, and to get them roughly right. Deciding what is easily implemented is clearly not within the bounds even of a group of developers, since one lot will say "that can't be done" while another lot comes and says "oh, we did that years ago". Geoff F: I agree with Charles. Also, Rob's proposal means there's no Priority 1 for multimedia, and that's a serious mistake. I lobby for... -- audio-only multimedia: transcripts P1, synchronized captions P2 -- audio+video multimedia: synchronized captions P1, transcripts P2 Geoff Freed WGBH/NCAMReceived on Tuesday, 21 December 1999 13:23:21 GMT
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