Re: Proposal to delete checkpoint 3.2 and expand 4.10

Ian,

How do you define an audio source?
Is a source an author specification of some type of audio resource or is it 
an API or hardware used to play the author specified audio resource?

Jon


At 10:28 PM 6/9/00 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>Hello,
>
>After several hours of discussions today with Charles
>and Eric Hansen, I would like to propose the following
>changes to the document. The checkpoint numbers are those
>of the 7 May Guidelines [1].
>
>This proposal concerns "volume" related checkpoints. Here
>are the checkpoints that include requirements for volume
>control:
>
>3.2 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of
>     background audio. [Priority 1]
>3.4 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of
>     audio. [Priority 1]
>4.8 Allow the user to configure the audio volume.
>     [Priority 2]
>4.10 Allow the user to configure synthesized speech volume.
>     [Priority 1]
>
>At the 8 June teleconference, we resolved to change
>the priority of 4.8 to P1.
>
>I propose changing the requirements embodied by
>these three checkpoints to the following:
>
>  1) On/off control of global audio
>     (When audio is a distraction. This is a special
>      case of the second requirement, but can stand alone.)
>
>  2) Control of global audio volume
>     (For users who are hard of hearing and users for whom
>      audio is a distraction.)
>
>  3) Relative control of volume among audio objects.
>     (Currently, this is only applied to the particular
>      case of synthesized speech. For notes on discussion
>      about this requirement, refer to 8 June minutes [2].)
>
>Note that checkpoint 3.2 is about "background audio". What is the
>difference between turning off background audio and turning
>off audio, except when background audio is an identifiable track
>that may be turned off independently of other audio? I'm not
>sure there is a difference, but to capture the requirement
>of being able to make background audio go away, I propose
>augmenting the scope of 4.10 to cover all audio objects.
>Thus, we would end up with the following three priority
>one checkpoints:
>
>1) Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of audio.
>2) Allow the user to configure the audio volume.
>3) Allow the user to control the volume of audio sources
>    independently.
>
>Notes:
>
>1) The applicability clause is in effect here. Therefore,
>    if some other agent renders the audio, that agent is
>    responsible for volume control.
>
>2) It might be possible to narrow the scope of checkpoint
>    three to the two cases already discussed in the document:
>    background audio and synthesized speech. However, defining
>    "background audio" is difficult and I don't know whether
>    life would be any easier on developers if we did. Does anyone
>    know of existing software where the user can control the
>    volume of different audio sources independently?
>
>  - Ian
>
>[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20000507
>[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0429.html
>
>
>--
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