- From: Ben Boyle <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:45:39 +1000
- To: "Henri Sivonen" <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Cc: "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On 9/17/07, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote: > Currently, the spec covers accessibility for the deaf (closed > captioning). However, it doesn't cover descriptions for the blind. > > Closed audio descriptions for the blind could be handled using an > additional sound track. ... May I ask how this relates to HTML? I don't quite understand it fully... I think I have a vague idea. Closed captions and audio descriptions are great, really great. But that's not HTML, is it? Unless we're thinking of something like this? <video src="..."> <closedCaptions src="..."/> <audioDescription src="..."/> </video> (Or would we be reinventing SMIL?) Media formats that are inherently accessible are important. Promoting such ideas is great. It will also be great if UA implementors can agree on standards for how this is done. I don't know that this WG is well placed to make decisions about such things (e.g. speex and stuff). It doesn't hurt, but I worry there might be key stakeholders unaware such discussions are happening here. I'm more interested in reviewing and discussing the accessibility features inherent in HTML itself. Flagging what accessibility features are available in an external media resource is an interesting prospect... are you thinking of capturing this in the HTML with attributes or elements? I wonder if it could be abused a bit, but if the information was reliable it would be very useful. (And reliability is the responsibility of authors, after all). cheers Ben
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