- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 07:25:39 -0400
- To: Andrew Johns <andrew.johns@jkd.co.uk>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
this is not a choice for which there is a need. I have looked at work like this and found it lacking and for controllability, there is no way to do it except through flash or java. Flash has a narrow accessibility capability and javascript has problems in manipulation problems with the keyboard and please consider this: in order to get to the site to navigate or access it, one must use a screen reader if one is opperating the computer independantly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Johns" <andrew.johns@jkd.co.uk> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:50 AM Subject: RE: Embedded Sound without Java Thanks for your comments from David and Bob so far. I am aware of the problems with hardware and high bandwidth, however I am not suggesting that the audio embedding is the only method of providing better accessibility, nor am I suggesting that they would have this sound forced upon them. What I AM proposing is to have preferences by which the user can turn on Audio for navigation, etc. From the hardware point of view, (e.g. not accessible to those without soundcards, bandwidth, etc) this isn't an issue, as this is no different from providing another alternative form of accessibility, such as the hardware required to convert a webpage to braile. All we're doing is giving them the option to make use of any hardware that they DO have. What I want to achieve is a method of providing audio transcriptions of navigation, regardless of platform and hardware. If there is no way of doing so with one player, maybe it IS possible to provide the user with the ability to choose their audio player of choice in their preferences. Thanks again for your comments so far, Kind Regards, Andy
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