- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:20:30 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 16/07/2017 22:12, David MacDonald wrote: > >> My understanding here is that since it's about captions, and > synchronized media, this does not apply to audio-only (live) content. > > It would be tough to get consensus from stakeholders on this... an > interesting problem. The stakeholders this would affect most might be > radio stations. In this case the internet is a broadcasting medium and > the page is being used in a way different from how we would have > conceived in the early 2000s when most of WCAG 2 was written. Certainly > at the time we could not have gotten consensus to require stations to > hire a full time captioning service. I expect there would be a lot of > claims of undue burden. > > I think we'll be facing some sever opposition if we make such a huge > increase in requirements in a dot version. In 5 years or so automatic > captioning might make this a lot less of a burden. I'd punt it and add > it to the Silver wish list. Alternatively - with regards to undue burden and the rise of audio+video live streaming services (via YouTube, Twitch, etc) - 1.2.4 could be moved from AA to AAA. One way or another, there is currently a disparity in WCAG 2 that should really be resolved. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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