- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:52:51 +0300
- To: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>, "'David Poehlman'" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>, "'Jim Jewett'" <jimjjewett@gmail.com>, "'HTML WG'" <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
On Sep 12, 2008, at 03:52, Dave Singer wrote: >>> In any case, full-text transcripts are useful for general audiences, >>> so once a full-text transcript has been written, it doesn't make >>> sense >>> to hide it in a fallback chain only for deafblind users. Instead, it >>> should be available to all users. (Quote was from me--not David Poehlman.) > *Any* adaptation should be provided on the basis of a (positive) > expressed need, not on the basis of a (negative) 'disability'. Sure, a media query should query for the combination of the client software, client hardware and the user for the ability to convey audio to the user instead of querying for the reason why audio cannot be conveyed. > So saying that 'because some people without a disability might want > X, therefore X should not be treated as an accessibility question' > is a non-sequitur, to me. My point is that the moral characteristics of a feature-motivating use case are different depending on whether the use case is about a disability or whether it's merely a matter of preference. Obscuring the accessibility issues with matters of preference in these already overlong email threads doesn't seem productive. However, if authors addressing a disability issue end up addressing a matter of preference or a matter of temporary browsing circumstance as a side effect, that's a happy coincidence, but we should set engineering goals according to the disability-related issue foremost. > There is no 'fallback chain for deaf-blind users'. There is > material to enhance accessibility. Why you might want it or need it > is none of my business. It *is* available to all users. If the user needs to go flip settings to indicate no visual content and no audio content in order to discover a transcript, then it's not available to all users *for practical purposes*. That's why an automatic alternative selection chain isn't the (only) place where a transcript should be put. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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