- From: Yvette Hoitink <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:29:02 +0100
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Gregg wrote: > Hmm interesting > The alternative would have to be synchronized or it doesn't > fit under this guideline. > > > How about > > <proposal> > At level 1: > 1. For prerecorded multimedia, one of the following is provided: > * captions, or > * a collated text alternative that conveys the same > information as both the audio and video tracks of the multimedia. > > 2. For prerecorded multimedia, one of the following is provided: > * audio descriptions, or > * a collated text alternative that conveys the same > information as both the audio and video tracks of the multimedia. > > At level 2: > 1. Captions are provided for multimedia. > > 2. Audio descriptions of video are provided for prerecorded > multimedia. > </proposal> > > > I think this may work for audio description - in that it would provide > roughly the same information. However for Captions it would > be much less > unless much more information about visual track than is > usually provided in audio descriptions was required. I don't like this. The whole reason we chose to use 'text alternatives' is to allow more abstract versions like a textual description that doesn't necessarily capture all the dialogue and visual information but does convey the same information as the multimedia. Requiring a collated text alternative would put more of a burden on the author than I would like at level 1. Also, I think the whole concept of "collated text alternative" is hard to understand, 'collated' is a rather technical term that many people (including people like me) wouldn't understand right away. As an alternative, I would rather change the guideline text from: <current> Guideline 1.2 Provide synchronized alternatives for multimedia.</current> To <proposed> Guideline 1.2 Provide alternatives for multimedia.</proposed> When they need to be synchronized and when not will be explained in the success criteria. Yvette Hoitink Heritas, Enschede, the Netherlands E-mail: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl WWW: http://www.heritas.nl
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