- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:36:07 -0500
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
We were wondering about text not included in the body of an OBJECT element but just on the page. --w At 01:16 PM 2/23/00 , Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >Why not give an actual example: > ><object data="some_film" type="video/x-my-private-format"> ><h2><a href="some_film" title="link to download the example movie">Example >2.7 is a movie:</a></h2> ><p>In scene one, Charles and John are talking on the balcony.</p> ><object data="scene_one_pic" type="image/x-my-other-forat"> ></object> ><p>John says <q>well chuckles, how goes it?</q></p> ><p>Charles shakes his head slowly.</p> ></object> > >Which makes it clear that the transcript can be included directly, if >desired. > >(Please edit the example to taste. It would be nice to give an XHTML example >which used namespaces to add a bit of SMIL in places, but I guess that's >jumping the gun for the moment) > >Charles > >On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Wendy A Chisholm wrote: > > hello, > > In the general techniques document in the section on audio and video it > says: > <blockquote> > Equivalents for sounds can be provided in the form of a text phrase on the > page that links to a text transcript or description of the sound file. The > link to the transcript should appear in a highly visible location such as > at the top of the page. However, if a script is automatically loading a > sound, it should also be able to automatically load a visual indication > that the sound is currently being played and provide a description or > transcript of the sound. > </blockquote> > > This implies that the text equivalent of a multimedia clip can *only* > appear on a separate page. What if someone provides in on the same > page? This question has come up in ER as we are trying to determine what > to ask the author if we find multimedia on a page. > > I thought we had discussed this already on this list, but I did not see > any > mention of it in the archives nor in minutes. Either I missed it or I'm > thinking of an ER thread. > > --wendy > -- > wendy a chisholm > world wide web consortium > web accessibility initiative > madison, wi usa > tel: +1 608 663 6346 > /-- > > >-- >Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI >Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 >Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative madison, wi usa tel: +1 608 663 6346 /--
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