Re: Audio Description requirement

+1 to @awk.

Kind regards,
Laura

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 3:50 PM Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:

> Alastair,
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> I agree with that but I worry that people lean too heavily on that
> approach without really comparing the text and video versions and the SC
> does also indicate that the video needs to be clearly identified as a media
> alternative to the text. If this last bit isn’t done, then people won’t
> know if or what they are missing, which is a problem for the user.
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> IF the media really covers the content of the textual instructions AND the
> video is labeled as an alternative to the text THEN 1.2.5 is met.
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> Thanks,
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> AWK
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> Andrew Kirkpatrick
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> Head of Accessibility
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> Adobe
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> akirkpat@adobe.com
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> http://twitter.com/awkawk
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> *From: *Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> *Date: *Friday, August 28, 2020 at 10:05 AM
> *To: *WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject: *Audio Description requirement
> *Resent-From: *WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Resent-Date: *Friday, August 28, 2020 at 10:04 AM
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> Hi Folks,
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> I’d like to check my assumptions for whether audio description is required
> for a particular scenario.
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> If you have a ‘support’ page, e.g. how to use the product I’ve just
> bought, and it has both:
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>    - A pre-recorded video showing you how to use the product.
>    - Full & equivalent instructions on the same page.
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> Is that required to have audio description at WCAG 2.1 AA?
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> I’m leaning towards no, because:
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>    - 1.2.1 & 1.2.3 have “except when the audio or video is a media
>    alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such"
>    - 1.2.5 is scoped to the synchronized media
>    <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-synchronized-media> definition,
>    which includes: “unless the media is a media alternative for text that is
>    clearly labelled as such"
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> So as long as the video is presented as an alternative to the text
> content, it does not require audio description.
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> Do others concur?
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> Kind regards,
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> -Alastair
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