Re: Unicode character for CC symbol?

Then how would you address the fact that different icons are used for
switching closed captions/subtitles on and off based on locale, if you're
using a Unicode code point and a font? Locale-specific fonts?


On 06/09/2017, 10:54, "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@domblogger.net> wrote:

>Don't need to map to a different glyph based on locale. Plenty of
>localization scripts exist for software.
>
>On 09/06/2017 02:47 AM, Nigel Megitt wrote:
>> Do you know of any Unicode code points that map to different glyphs
>> depending on territory, or any implementations that support that
>> functionality?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/09/2017, 09:50, "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@domblogger.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Actually that's a reason for it. You can't easily translate an image to
>>> another language, but it would be relatively easy to swap a region
>>> specific character to one more appropriate to the region of the user,
>>> even if the webmaster has no knowledge. That's something the browsers
>>> could do.
>>>
>>> What does the default cc button in html5 video players look like
>>>outside
>>> the US?
>>>
>>> On 09/06/2017 01:05 AM, Nigel Megitt wrote:
>>>> Yes, a big reason: it is US-specific.
>>>>
>>>> On 5 Sep 2017, at 19:53, J. Albert Bowden <jalbertbowden@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:jalbertbowden@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Any reason why wikipedia's cc icon isn't good
>>>>> enough?
>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Closed_captioning_symbol.svg
>>>>>
>>>>> It's public domain...
>>>>> Also, if you want to use the font icon, pretty sure they offer svg
>>>>> version (if not the conversion is minimal), which you can simply use
>>>>> in an <img />.
>>>>> More info and canonical source for the cc icon
>>>>> here: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/hire/symbols.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Just trying to help.
>>>>> Albert
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Elizabeth Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu
>>>>> <mailto:ejp10@psu.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Icon fonts can work if ARIA descriptions are added. This
>>>>>basically
>>>>>     treats the character as an image and adds an ALT text option.
>>>>>     See
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>>http://sites.psu.edu/gotunicode/2014/11/18/aria-for-screen-readers-not
>>>>>-a
>>>>> ble-to-read-symbols/
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>><http://sites.psu.edu/gotunicode/2014/11/18/aria-for-screen-readers-no
>>>>>t-
>>>>> able-to-read-symbols/>
>>>>>
>>>>>     As you might guess, you would want to be strategic in your use of
>>>>>     an icon font, this could be a case where the ARIA solution could
>>>>>     be useful (or you could use an image with ALT text).
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Elizabeth
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     > On Sep 5, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Patrick H. Lauke
>>>>>     <redux@splintered.co.uk <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Noting that icon fonts have their own issues, particularly for
>>>>>     users who set custom fonts, among other things. See
>>>>>     https://cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-dont-use-icon-fonts/
>>>>>     <https://cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-dont-use-icon-fonts/> and
>>>>>     https://speakerdeck.com/ninjanails/death-to-icon-fonts
>>>>>     <https://speakerdeck.com/ninjanails/death-to-icon-fonts>
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > P
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > On 05/09/2017 15:43, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>>>>     >> It is available in Font Awesome
>>>>>(http://fontawesome.io/icon/cc/
>>>>>     <http://fontawesome.io/icon/cc/>) using the private use space in
>>>>>     Unicode©
>>>>>     >> Thanks,
>>>>>     >> AWK
>>>>>     >> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>>>>>     >> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
>>>>>     >> Adobe
>>>>>     >> akirkpat@adobe.com <mailto:akirkpat@adobe.com>
>>>>>     >> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>>>>>     >> On 9/5/17, 06:07, "Nigel Megitt" <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk
>>>>>     <mailto:nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>>     >>> This seems on the face of it problematic. The trouble is that
>>>>>     there is no
>>>>>     >>> single representation for the idea of "closed captions"
>>>>>     globally. Whereas
>>>>>     >>> in the US it might be represented by something like "CC", in
>>>>>     the UK where
>>>>>     >>> closed captions are known more usually as subtitles, it is
>>>>> often
>>>>>     >>> represented by "S". I may be wrong about this but I don't
>>>>>     think Unicode
>>>>>     >>> would normally create a code point for a glyph that has
>>>>>     >>> territory/culture-specific variant forms.
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>> Having said that, a globally usable label of some sort that
>>>>>     means "this is
>>>>>     >>> the button for switching closed captions on and off" could be
>>>>>     useful.
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>> On 03/09/2017, 22:33, "Michael A. Peters"
>>>>>     <mpeters@domblogger.net <mailto:mpeters@domblogger.net>> wrote:
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>>> According to
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 
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>>>>>     that
>>>>>     >>>> symbol has been released into the public domain.
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>     >>>> It would make sense then for there to be a unicode character
>>>>>     for it, in
>>>>>     >>>> the technical range (where play and fast forward and pause
>>>>>     glyphs exist)
>>>>>     >>>> but I could not find one.
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>     >>>> For me where it would be useful is when designing html5
>>>>>     players, the
>>>>>     >>>> standard audio players in most browsers don't show the CC
>>>>>     button even
>>>>>     >>>> when there are track elements provided and custom JS to
>>>>>     display them.
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>     >>>> If it had a unicode character, I could modify my webfont to
>>>>>     include it
>>>>>     >>>> there and just specify the character glyph (in a span with
>>>>> title
>>>>>     >>>> attribute of course) like I do with the other player control
>>>>>     elements.
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>     >>>> I can suggest it to the unicode group but I wanted to make
>>>>>     sure it
>>>>>     >>>> doesn't already exist and I'm just not finding it, and also
>>>>> if it
>>>>>     >>>> doesn't, hear any arguments as to why it might be a bad
>>>>>idea.
>>>>>     >>>>
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > --
>>>>>     > Patrick H. Lauke
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > www.splintered.co.uk <http://www.splintered.co.uk> |
>>>>>     https://github.com/patrickhlauke
>>>>><https://github.com/patrickhlauke>
>>>>>     > http://flickr.com/photos/redux/
>>>>>     <http://flickr.com/photos/redux/> | http://redux.deviantart.com
>>>>>     > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
>>>>>     >
>>>>>
>>>>>     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>>>>     Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
>>>>>     Accessibility IT Consultant
>>>>>     Teaching and Learning with Technology
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> J. Albert Bowden II
>>>>>
>>>>> jalbertbowden@gmail.com <mailto:jalbertbowden@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://bowdenweb.com/
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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