- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:06:57 -0700
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Cc: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org
On May 9, 2011, at 17:51 , Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >>> I wonder of course also whether that attribute should be called >>> @longdesc, though I really don't like that name. @transcription is >>> much more sensible on audio and video. >> >> I would suggest "transcript". > > Fine by me. I was concerned about finding something that works both > for audio and video and for anything that's not just a movie, but also > other types of content such as home video. > I think a transcript is not the same as a description (long or otherwise), and that it should be possible to link a media elements to its transcript. (I'm staying out of longdesc and whether it should also be there!) David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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