- From: Jonathan O'Donnell <jonathan.odonnell@ngv.vic.gov.au>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:30:01 +1000
- To: WAI <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Cc: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
On 21/06/2003 7:39 AM, Joe Clark at joeclark@joeclark.org wrote: ... > I think we need to bite the bullet and say that every piece of online > video that contains a soundtrack (I could think of very unusual > exceptions) must be captioned. But I think that guideline could be > implemented differently. I think there should be a two-year grace > period before it kicks in. Until that point, providing any amount of > captioned video on a site would qualify you. After that point, all > new video must be posted with captions. The no-backsliding rule could > supersed that requirement in limited cases. > > *However*, it should be permissible to post an uncaptioned version > for a short or "reasonable" time while the captions are being > prepared. The CBC News Online example does this-- uncaptioned clip > first, captioned clip later. It all gets posted the same day. It's > unequal, but the inequality is not, in my opinion, important in all > cases. ... This would also help live broadcasters. I imagine that most live broadcasters do not have the facilities to caption as they go. However, they could caption a short or "reasonable" time afterwards. -- Jonathan O'Donnell 04 2575 5829 http://purl.nla.gov.au/net/jod/ mailto:jonathan.odonnell@ngv.vic.gov.au
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