- From: Morris, Lynn <LMorris@hrsa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:19:54 -0400
- To: "'jeffrey Pledger'" <jpledger@pop.mindspring.com>
- Cc: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Based on the press release, http://app2.streampipe.com/vtc/switch.tc?c=4&cn=demo&s=20031&e=876 has a demo of a recent event. I'm not a streaming media expert, but I have read in http://www.webaim.org/Articles/embeddedmp.php that embedded players aren't accessible. And I think pop-up windows in general are poor accessibility practice--little or no user controls, like sizing, and confusing for people using screen readers. Aside from the pop-up window, I'm curious about why they created the captions on/off window, rather than using the "caption" channel built in to Real Player (and, I believe, Windows Media). The way I read the multimedia guidelines (http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.24.htm#(e)), you're supposed to be able to turn captions on and off--webcasting the closed-caption version isn't user-friendly or 508-compliant), but I haven't seen anyone use this. Everything I've read seems to indicate that 508-compliant webcasting is possible--and preferable--using the stand-alone player and the built-in caption channels, so I'm skeptical about their "captioning solution" claim. The real challenge to 508-compliant multimedia is going to be incorporating audio descriptions in live broadcasts. I'd love to see an example of that, if it's out there. -----Original Message----- From: jeffrey Pledger [mailto:jpledger@pop.mindspring.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:48 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Fwd: Please take a look at this website . . . My apoligies for the original post being sent to the wrong email address. Smile. >Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 17:38:37 -0400 >To: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org >From: jeffrey Pledger <jpledger@pop.mindspring.com> >Subject: Please take a look at this website . . . > >I would greatly appreciate it if people could take a look at the following >website, http://www.streampipe.com. > >What I am very interested in is this site's claim to have created the >first streaming application which meets the sect 508 standards. Please >take a look at their press release and the player and provide feedback on >these tools. I don't think their is anything that is archived on the web >site, but if so, I would appreciate any comments on any accessible >archived video content. Thanks. > >Jeffrey Pledger >President, AbleTV, Inc.
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