- From: Lee Roberts <leeroberts@roserockdesign.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:18:03 -0500
- To: "'WAI-GL'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Gregg, Joe is correct. Audio is clearly not a text alternative. It is used by blind people listening to a television show. However it is not something that can be presented on a Braille display. If the audio presentation was transcribed into an input for a Braille display then it is no longer an audio presentation. It becomes a text alternative. Therefore, Joe's assertion that audio presentations are not text alternatives is correct. Additionally moving all of 1.2 into 1.1 would be an error. Lee Roberts http://www.applepiecart.com -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 9:38 PM To: 'Joe Clark'; 'WAI-GL' Subject: RE: Audio description (was: New rewrite of Guideline 1.1 [action item]) Joe I don't understand your comment. Captions are an alternative and you don't watch a show with just the captions. Audio description is an alternative to the video portion. And many blind people do indeed watch shows with only the audio and audio descriptions. It is not a complete alternative in most shows. But then again captions aren't either. Captions don't include most intonation and much is lost. Please explain what you mean by your comments below. Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Joe Clark Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:56 PM To: WAI-GL Subject: Audio description (was: New rewrite of Guideline 1.1 [action item]) > We can't move all of 1.2 to 1.1 because audio description is not a > text alternative. It's not any kind of alternative. It's an addition. Try watching a movie with *just* the audio description. By the way, I think the original message was a new record for 2004-- six top-postings. Ph.D.s continue to be unable to use E-mail. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org Accessibility <http://joeclark.org/access/> Expect criticism if you top-post
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