E Training Accessibility Newspaper Article

• From: Ralph <r_mazz@pacific.net.au>
• Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:43:59 +1100
• To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <001001c3c09c$dcb8b6f0$0700a8c0@luke>

Hi all

I hope this doesn't spark many comments like the Ryan Air message some time
ago, but apparently, E-Training in Australia is said to undergo many changes
as shown by

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/08/1070732143470.html

I love this quote from the above URL:

"A lot of e-learning includes audio, but often people don't provide a
transcript or captions."

More than just an accessibility issue, it also makes good sense to provide
transcripts/captions as I don't know how people can locate audio/visual
content via Google (or any other search engine) without a text version that
can easily be indexed.

Ralph

Received on Friday, 12 December 2003 05:44:03 UTC