RE: GL 1.2, L1 SC1 and L2 SC 1: Captions

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From: public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Loretta Guarino Reid
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:29 AM
To: public-wcag-teamb@w3.org
Subject: GL 1.2, L1 SC1 and L2 SC 1: Captions


I took a stab at the Guide Docs for the two success criteria for captions. 

I'd like feedback on the following:

- I have L2 SC1 reference L1 SC1 for techniques and references, since in
both cases we require captions; only the characteristics of the multimedia
(prerecorded vs live) are different. Does this seem ok, or should the
information be repeated in Guide Doc L2 SC1? Should more of the sections of
L2 SC1 just reference L1 SC1?

Roberto Scano:
I think is good to put the reference.


Loretta Guarino Reid:
- Do we need discussion or techniques for what makes good captions, parallel
to discussions about what makes good alt text? Is it ok just to reference
existing resources on the web?

Roberto Scano:
We can put some indications and also references like:
http://www.joeclark.org/access/captioning/bpoc/


Loretta Guarino Reid:
- It seems like the techniques need to apply to the multimedia technologies,
i.e., there is no HTML technique for captions. Does this seem right?

Roberto Scano:
There is no valid-code for captioning inside HTML code. Some solutions are
based by DHTML and Scripting (Like the Microsoft Windows Media), other are
based on Java applets. But the most used format are SAMI and SMIL documents.


Loretta Guarino Reid:
- There is no SMIL techniques document. I tried putting the SMIL techniques
in-line in the Guide Doc. Does this seem ok? Is it ok to include SMIL
techniques here when we don't include them for other SC such as GL 1.1?

Roberto Scano:
We can refer in both situation to the W3C Note for SMIL Accessibility:
http://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL-access/

Received on Saturday, 1 October 2005 07:45:10 UTC