Re: Roll-up captions in WebVTT

Correct me if I'm wrong, but could the :future / :past pseudo-classes enable this kind of styling?

It's possible that we'd need a :current pseudo-class in order to select the last two lines which went past, but maybe this would work too:

::cue:past:last-child, ::cue:past:nth-last-child(2) { … }

If we were moving the implementation of roll-up captions to authors though, we need to evaluate this, as the allowed properties don't currently enable enough flexibility to implement roll-up without jumping: http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/#the-'::cue'-pseudo-element

Kind Regards,

Christopher Giffard

(Sorry about the double message David - missed the mailing list with the last one!)

On 30/11/2011, at 4:05 AM, David Singer wrote:

> At the moment, I can't think of a way of doing even jump-scroll without repeating text, unless (as is very likely) I am being dense.
> 
> Maybe someone could correct me if the best practice on jump-scroll is something other than repeat?
> 
> 
> On Nov 29, 2011, at 17:40 , Christian Vogler wrote:
> 
>> This is not quite true if the text is duplicated in the WebVTT file.
>> This would present serious accessibility issues for people who use
>> screenreaders (and that includes the deaf-blind population). It also
>> would make searching and indexing harder if text were duplicated.
>> 
>> Christian
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:33 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>> I think a fundamental question that needs addressing is whether we expect roll-up to be (a) 'part of' the core VTT vocabulary or (b) a presentational issue that is 'optional'?
>>> 
>>> I tend to think the latter.  Yes, maybe smooth roll-up is easier on the eye than jump-scroll, but the same information is presented.
>>> 
>>> If that is the case, I think using CSS transitions is a good candidate.  Alas, we don't use CSS positioning (for obvious reasons -- positioning DOES have to be part of the core of VTT).  But that doesn't hose us.
>>> 
>>> Consider a stream that has Line1, Line2, …. LineN, showing in a three-line area.  A simple way to jump scroll that is simply to repeat each line, every time it 'moves' in the 3-line display.
>>> 
>>> <blank>
>>> <blank>
>>> Line1
>>> 
>>> then
>>> 
>>> <blank>
>>> Line1
>>> Line2
>>> 
>>> Line1
>>> Line2
>>> Line3
>>> 
>>> Line2
>>> Line3
>>> Line4
>>> 
>>> displayed simply, the lines appear to jump.
>>> 
>>> If we can convince the CSS engine that Line1 in the first cue is the same as Line1 in the second, we could ask for a transition on, say, 'y'.  That's pretty easy to do with markup -- if a line of text in two consecutive cues has the same marked-id, then it's the same, and any CS transitions declared on its class apply, if you use CSS.
>>> 
>>> Saying CSS transitions can be used to smooth out display transitions also allows for fade-in/fade-out (transition on color), and so on.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Singer
>>> Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Christian Vogler, PhD
>> Director, Technology Access Program
>> Department of Communication Studies
>> SLCC 1116
>> Gallaudet University
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> 
> David Singer
> Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
> 
>

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