- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:20:33 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "Jennifer Sutton" <jensutton@earthlink.net>
for more on this, see: http://www.abletv.net they do it all the time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Sutton" <jensutton@earthlink.net> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:28 AM Subject: audio description in live broadcasts Hello: At 03:19 PM 7/3/01 -0400, Morris, Lynn wrote, in part: >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. Now, I suppose that I can see occasions where this *could* be a challenge. However, it seems to me that most live broadcasts can be adequately audio-described by the presenters themselves. For example, a presenter should always verbalize the contents of a chart or graph to which he/she is pointing. What's more, isn't this simply good presentation practice--to address the various learning styles of all audience members? So, in short, perhaps this is more of a challenge to educate trainers about why best practice is important for everyone, rather than an issue of technological barriers and challenges. Jennifer
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