- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 01:11:43 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
At 1999-10-21 11:05 AM-0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >As per my action item of [1], I propose modifying checkpoint >4.4 of [2]: > > 4.4 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of sound. [Priority >1] > >to read: > > When the user agent renders audio natively, > allow the user to turn on and off rendering of audio, > including background audio. [Priority 1] > >Note that this is consistent with the language of 5.12: > > When the user agent renders audio natively, allow the user > to control the audio volume. [Priority 2] For browsers where audio is the primary output, does the rendering above apply? Do any of those allow mixing of alternative audio streams over the text-to-speech normal rendering? >Note: In order to make clear that this (and other checkpoints in GL4) >refer to author-supplied information, the subhead now reads: Cannot stylesheets also get in the way, as well as the author's embedded rendering or behavior markup, and need user override? > Ensure that the user may turn off rendering or behavior > specified by the author that may obscure content or > disorient the user. > > - Ian > >[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/1999/10/wai-ua-f2f-199910-minutes.html >[2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WAI-USERAGENT-19991005 >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 Regards/Harvey Bingham
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