Re: CP, ISSUE-30: Link longdesc to role of img [Was: hypothetical question on longdesc]

On Mar 21, 2012, at 17:37 , Leif Halvard Silli wrote:

> David Singer, Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:48:32 -0700:
> 
>> I would explore in the direction of elements under audio/video and 
>> parallel to track:
> 
> Guess it is a good thing that it could work for <audio> as well.

:-)

> 
>> (sketching furiously here)
>> 
>> <video…>
>>  <track…>
>>  <link rel="longdesc" href="…" />
>>  <link rel="transcript" href="…" />
>>  <div rel="alt" lang="cn-US">alternative text</div>
>> </video>
> 
> On the positive side: 
> 
> I like the use of rel=longdesc. It has been proposed before ... This 
> solution has the potential to work for other elements too.
> 
> On the negative side: 
> 
> Did you chose <link> because <a> would be considered fallback ...? 
> Isn't even <link> - until further - just fallback?

random choice between link, a, or something new.

> 
> In fact, so long as <link> is hidden in the fallback, then it is not 
> keyboard accessible - regardless of whether you staff it with 
> @tabindex=. And so, without some workaround for that, then the <link> 
> would have to be placed outside the <video> element.

I would say that items before the last track are not fallback; items after it are.  or maybe items before the first track, to make it easier.

> 
>> Similarly the tracks could indicate timed accessibility alternatives 
>> via their "kind" label.
>> 
>> And these are all useful for all users; a programmatic way to find 
>> the transcript, description, and short text benefit all boats.
> 
> In Firefox - and, I think, only in Firefox - the the <link> can, via 
> CSS, become a visual, clickable element. In fact, it does not need any 
> styling, so long as you add tabindex= to it or something like that. The 
> problem is just: How to glue the link to the video in such a way that 
> it is obvious that it is for the video.
> -- 
> leif h silli

Dave Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple

singer@apple.com

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2012 03:30:45 UTC