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

On 16/07/2017 22:12, David MacDonald wrote:
>  >> My understanding here is that since it's about captions, and 
> synchronized media, this does not apply to audio-only (live) content.
> 
> It would be tough to get consensus from stakeholders on this... an 
> interesting problem. The stakeholders this would affect most might be 
> radio stations. In this case the internet is a broadcasting medium and 
> the page is being used in a way different from how we would have 
> conceived in the early 2000s when most of WCAG 2 was written. Certainly 
> at the time we could not have gotten consensus to require stations to 
> hire a full time captioning service. I expect there would be a lot of 
> claims of undue burden.
> 
> I think we'll be facing some sever opposition if we make such a huge 
> increase in requirements in a dot version. In 5 years or so automatic 
> captioning might make this a lot less of a burden. I'd punt it and add 
> it to the Silver wish list.

Alternatively - with regards to undue burden and the rise of audio+video 
live streaming services (via YouTube, Twitch, etc) - 1.2.4 could be 
moved from AA to AAA. One way or another, there is currently a disparity 
in WCAG 2 that should really be resolved.

P
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