- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:28:52 -0400
- To: public-html@w3.org
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
The HTML-A11Y Task Force Media Subteam invites your consideration of our Media Accessibility User Requirements document, now available at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_Accessibility_Requirements While we continue work on this document, it has matured sufficiently to serve as an introduction to the kinds of users and the kinds of adaptive technologies that provide accessible alternatives to video and audio content. Most of the alternative media we reference has a long history of successful use--sometimes a history older than the web itself. Some of it may prove familiar, because some of it has garnered nondisability related adoption. What's new--our challenge--is to provide a systematic way for the creation and consumption of any and all of these alternative media resources, together with the primary video and/or audio resource, across the full range of devices and user agents that will be used for the decade to come. It is the extent of this challenge that compelled us to approach the problem using the classical technology development model--starting with user requirements gathering. We are to the point where we need to begin engaging the wider HTML 5 community in understanding the ramifications of these requirements, and in collaborating on appropriate solutions. Thus, we invite you to become familiar with the requirements, ask questions, offer suggestions, and generally engage with us on next steps. We look forward to working with you to make media on HTML 5 a compelling and accessible experience for all users. Over the coming weeks we will seek various opportunities to move this work forward with you. Meanwhile, if at all possible, we would prefer email responses via the HTML-A11Y Task Force list: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/ Janina Sajka, Co Facilitator, HTML-A11Y Task Force Co-Chair, HTML-A11Y Media Subteam -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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