Re: Captions: Understanding SC 1.2.2

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Ramón Corominas
<listas@ramoncorominas.com> wrote:
> Hello, Thomas.
>
> With the information that you provide, it seems that those infomercials are
> just a way of explaining the products and their details in a language that
> people finds easier to understand, so I would say they are "alternatives" to
> the product details. However, take into account that many deaf people would
> also prefer these kind of "easy" explanations, so maybe you are doing it
> harder to understand your page (and therefore losing sales).
>
> Regards,
> Ramón.
>
> Thomas wrote:
>
>> When validating videos on a web site, we're faced with a question
>> regarding captions and criterion 1.2.2.
>> First of all, as it states in the Understanding SC 1.2.2 section: "It is
>> acknowledged that at the present time there may be difficulty in creating
>> captions for time-sensitive material..."
>>
>> The page we want to validate has a high number of infomercials for many of
>> the products that are sold on the page, and we do understand that adding
>> captions for all these videos is a big effort.
>>
>> On the other hand, in the next paragraph of Understanding SC 1.2.2 it
>> states that "Captions are not needed when the synchronized media is, itself,
>> an alternate presentation of information that is also presented via text on
>> the Web page. For example, if information on a page is accompanied by a
>> synchronized media presentation that presents no more information than is
>> already presented in text, but is easier for people with cognitive,
>> language, or learning disabilities to understand, then it would not need to
>> be captioned since the information is already presented on the page in text
>> or in text alternatives (e.g., for images)".
>>
>> On each product page that has a corresponding video, people can access all
>> the product details that are explained in the video via text, but not
>> following the same script that is used in the infomercial (e.g.
>> conversations of the actors). Could these videos be considered to be an
>> alternative presentation to the product details, or are subtitles always
>> required to meet this success criterion in this scenario?
>
>
>



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