- From: Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:38:46 +0100
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
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To answer my own question, Steve Faulkner pointed me to a couple of current threads on this topic elsewhere: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-media/2013Apr/0007.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Mar/thread.html#msg156 However, those discussions headed off list or off topic, there still seems to be an open question about timed text: If the captions are open (e.g. via track element) will they be able to match timing with the encrypted video/audio? -Alastair On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question that I couldn't work out from the EME spec, > hopefully this is the right place to ask: > > Will content providers be able to include captions and audio > description with encrypted media? > > A requirement for that would be that browsers are able to provide a > mechanism for showing captions, and switching audio to include an > audio description. > > Being able to add captions / audio desc are a basic requirement for > accessibility [1], and I believe that companies such as Netflix will > be including captions with their content [2]. I assume that would > require the time code of the video to be available to the browser, is > that the case for encrypted media? > > Perhaps the technical way of asking is: Does EME restrict the > information available through HTML5 embedded media? [3] > > Apologies, that might be a big question, at this stage I'm most > interested in whether EME would restrict access in a way that impacts > accessibility by principle. > > Kind regards, > > -Alastair > > 1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#media-equiv > 2] http://gigaom.com/2012/10/11/netflix-captions-lawsuit-settlement/ > 3] > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#media-element >
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