- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:11:50 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Lee Roberts <leeroberts@roserockdesign.com>
- Cc: 'WAI-GL' <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> The example that Flash can't output a text version of an
> audio presentation is valid.
There's a captioning tool for Flash. I don't like it, but it's there.
> I didn't praise anything except SMIL. Never once did I use QuickTime,
> RealMedia or Windows Media File. So, don't put words in my typing that
> I didn't say.
I didn't say *you* praised them.
> As a general rule and prove it's not, Flash designers ignore the deaf
> while claiming they make their applications accessible to the blind.
In multimedia-- your previous example-- the opposite is the case. You can
caption but not describe.
> Point is, it will always be the designer's problem because Flash can't
> convert binary audio presentations into printable material.
You can caption in Flash. I don't know what the hell "convert[ing] binary
audio presentations into printable material" means. Speech-to-text? The
Crays in the basement at Fort Meade can do that; maybe you should ring
them up.
> Stop the insanity and realize what I am saying.
I'm not insane. But thanks.
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Received on Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:12:11 UTC