On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote: > Robert O'Callahan wrote: > > Burning captions into the video stream is the most > > effective way to achieve that goal, and even that > > isn't foolproof. > > Robert, when you say "burned in" are you referring to time-stamp text files > included in the media wrapper, of converted to a binary format (.scc) and > merged with the video asset as pixel data? If it is the later, it makes it > impossible to repurpose that text to AT like screen readers and Braille > refresh bars. > Yes, the latter. I agree it's not desirable. However, it's the best way to achieve Sean's goal of not allowing an HTML page author to "undermine" the captions. Personally I think that shouldn't be a goal... Rob -- "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]
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