- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 16:56:58 -0700
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-texttracks@w3.org" <public-texttracks@w3.org>, Public TTWG List <public-tt@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAHu5OWbUThXkhZzu07TY7De452-trqkFyUPO+goCsQt4N3nVtg@mail.gmail.com>
The Conversion of 608/708 captions to WebVTT <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/text-tracks/raw-file/default/608toVTT/608toVTT.html#header> draft report proposes a "Language" metadata field in the Header. I think this would be useful for any track. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:48 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote: > I am not sure why I hesitate to suggest it, but do we need provision for > language in the header of the VTT file? > > > > On Mar 21, 2015, at 17:01 , bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote: > > > > https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28255 > > > > Bug ID: 28255 > > Summary: [webvtt] no provision for indicating overall content > > language(s) [I18N-ISSUE-420] > > Product: TextTracks CG > > Version: unspecified > > Hardware: PC > > OS: All > > Status: NEW > > Severity: normal > > Priority: P2 > > Component: WebVTT > > Assignee: dave.null@w3.org > > Reporter: silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com > > QA Contact: public-texttracks@w3.org > > CC: philipj@opera.com, silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com > > > > Feedback by Addison Phillips from W3C I18N group: > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2015Mar/0054.html > > > > I18N comment: https://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/420 > > > > This is a comment on: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1 > > > > We didn't find a means for indicating the natural language of the > content as a > > whole. There is a cue language span, for spanning runs of text, but no > way to > > indicate the language of the file as a whole (that is, the language > outside a > > spanned section). > > > > Lack of language tags means that language-specific processing, such as > > language-specific font selection, may not be available for the text, > leading to > > substandard presentation. > > > > -- > > You are receiving this mail because: > > You are the QA Contact for the bug. > > > > David Singer > Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc. > >
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