- From: Ben Boyle <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:56:18 +1000
- To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie
- Cc: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, public-html@w3.org
On 6/22/07, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: > There are many other cases where alternate descriptions are very much > needed (no disrespect Maciej, some of your meals looked nice) and it > many instances the delivery method already exists, like alt etc. The > problem that you seem be indicating is the difficulty in writing *good* > alt text. This is an entirely different issue but an important one. The > best the WG can do is provide tools that make this easy, are supported > and get the job done, but in the final analysis the final responsibility > is in the hand of the author. I agree there are images that need describing, photos in particular. Writing good descriptions is a challenge, but I think you can draw some inspiration from the field of audio description. Check out your DVD collection or samples on the net: e.g. http://www.audiodescribe.com/samples1.html Joe Clark has a heap of info about it too: http://joeclark.org/access/description/ I'm very encouraged by <video> and "transparent" content model... http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/html5/spec/Overview.html?rev=1.78#video http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/html5/spec/Overview.html?rev=1.78#transparent0 <figure> <legend>Video caption here</legend> <video src="video.ogg"> ... fallback: could use <dialog> and <img> to create an accessible alternative. </video> </figure> Shame we can't do the same with <img>
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