Re: Question about 1.2.4 Captions (Live) (AA) and 1.2.9 Audio-only (Live) (AAA)

Patrick,
I don’t remember the conversation around this specifically, but I do recall there being a lot of concern even about live captions for synchronized media at AA, so this may have been a compromise.

I can vaguely recall discussion (but may be misremembering) around the volume of audio content that online radio stations and other continuous broadcasters put out, so it may have been done in response to comments. I do see that 1.2.9 was added between CR and PR, but don’t see anything in a quick scan of the minutes.

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe 

akirkpat@adobe.com
http://twitter.com/awkawk








On 7/11/17, 08:04, "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote:

>A quick question about rationale...in current WCAG 2.0, we have
>
>1.2.4 Captions (Live): Captions are provided for all live audio content 
>in synchronized media. (Level AA)
>
>My understanding here is that since it's about captions, and 
>synchronized media, this does not apply to audio-only (live) content. 
>And in fact, at level AA, there's nothing about providing any 
>alternative for live audio-only content...only at AAA with 1.2.9?
>
>If so, this seems strange to me. Arguably, providing captions for live 
>audio that is part of some synchronized media presentation is slightly 
>more complex than providing an alternative for live audio-only. I'd also 
>argue that live audio-only (for instance, an internet radio station or 
>similar) is more common than live audio as part of a synchronized media 
>presentation (full-blown audio/video streamed live presentation, for 
>example).
>
>What's the rationale for having 1.2.9 at AAA while 1.2.4 is AA?
>
>Thanks,
>
>P
>-- 
>Patrick H. Lauke
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