Re: CP, ISSUE-30: Link longdesc to role of img [Was: hypothetical question on longdesc]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:38 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 20, 2012, at 17:30 , John Foliot wrote:
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>> Except for when your b) assertion is NOT a frame from the video, but a different, author chosen and supplied image, referenced via @poster. Yes, a longer text description is required for the media (as well), but users are asking for both, and we should be able to provide both. This is not an aria-label, this is a rich textual description of both visual assets.
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> If there is extra information in that frame over what's in the video, there should be a description of that extra information in the description of the video. No debate about that.
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> Alas, we haven't managed to design the obvious need of a description of the video itself; or settle on a scheme to link to transcripts; or have a general scheme for timed alternatives

Is the <track> approach not sufficient for timed alternatives? What
need are you referring to?


> -- despite talking about them, as I said, years ago in the Stanford workshop. We even managed to forget some of the needs identified there (e.g. susceptibility to stimulus - flashing/banging etc.).  sad.  very sad.

I think that would require a new attribute and likely it should be an
aria-* attribute. So, might be a good candidate for ARIA2?

Cheers,
Silvia.

Received on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 01:03:10 UTC