- From: Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:07:16 +0100
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Ben Boyle writes: > [Lachlan Hunt writes:] > > > In regards to using longdesc for videos, that seems like it would > > encourage the use of "full multimedia text alternatives". Several > > accessibility experts, including Joe Clark, don't approve of such > > things for videos. Instead, they advocate that videos should be > > made accessibile through the use of things like captions and audio > > descriptions. > > They absolutely should, but alternatives are still useful. > Particularly for people with limited bandwidth, which you know remains > an issue in Australia ;) And also for people browsing with, say, Lynx. Or people who don't have an appropriate video-playing plug-in for their browser (perhaps because the video is in a proprietory format from a different platform). Accessibility for all should consider readers' technical limitations, not just human disabilities. Smylers
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