Re: for video budgeting - description in text file only

On 19/08/2019 12:35, Eric Eggert wrote:
> 
>> On 16. Aug 2019, at 13:53, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
>>
>> We were not planning audio-described versions of the evaluation videos 
> 
> That is kind of disappointing (unless the videos don’t need audio 
> descriptions)…

IMO they don't need audio descriptions but this is part of the scripts 
that are currently out for EOWG survey -- let me know if you disagree!


>> but this sounds good. So, does AblePlayer pause the video and read out 
>> the descriptions or how does that work?
> 
> The able player readme file says:
>> Users can optionally set their player to pause when audio description 
>> starts in order to avoid conflicts between the description and program 
>> audio.
> 
> https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer/blob/master/README.md
> 
> On a more general note, we should come up with some guidelines on how we 
> make videos accessible for our own resources. Maybe you, Shadi, can 
> carve out some time to formalize/recommend an approach.

Not sure we do more/different than in the upcoming media tutorial. Do 
you think we need more than that? If so, why (for who etc.)?

Thanks,
   Shadi


> 👋 Eric
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>  Shadi
>>
>>
>> On 14/08/2019 19:44, Shawn Henry wrote:
>>> Hi Shadi,
>>> After some work from Terrill and Eric with AblePlayer, it now reads 
>>> out the text version of the descriptions very nicely! e.g., 
>>> https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/customizable/
>>> It does it automatically for me -- even without a screen reader on.
>>> Unless I'm missing something, that means we can just have the VTT 
>>> with description and do not need to create separate audio of the 
>>> description.
>>> Maybe this will help some with current and upcoming video project 
>>> budgets?
>>> Best,
>>> ~Shawn
>>
>> -- 
>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
>> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
>> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>>

-- 
Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Received on Monday, 19 August 2019 12:53:06 UTC