Re: for video budgeting - description in text file only

On 19 Aug 2019, at 14:52, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:

> On 19/08/2019 12:35, Eric Eggert wrote:
>>
>>> On 16. Aug 2019, at 13:53, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> We were not planning audio-described versions of the evaluation 
>>> videos
>>
>> That is kind of disappointing (unless the videos don’t need audio 
>> descriptions)…
>
> IMO they don't need audio descriptions but this is part of the scripts 
> that are currently out for EOWG survey -- let me know if you disagree!
>
>
>>> but this sounds good. So, does AblePlayer pause the video and read 
>>> out the descriptions or how does that work?
>>
>> The able player readme file says:
>>> Users can optionally set their player to pause when audio 
>>> description starts in order to avoid conflicts between the 
>>> description and program audio.
>>
>> https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer/blob/master/README.md
>>
>> On a more general note, we should come up with some guidelines on how 
>> we make videos accessible for our own resources. Maybe you, Shadi, 
>> can carve out some time to formalize/recommend an approach.
>
> Not sure we do more/different than in the upcoming media tutorial. Do 
> you think we need more than that? If so, why (for who etc.)?

For people creating videos for the WAI site:

1. Do we usually do sign language or not?
2. Do we use narrative or automatic audio description?
3. …

So basically what is our baseline for creating WAI videos. Taking the 
upcoming media guide and applying it into a policy.

Hope that helps.

👋 Eric


>
> Thanks,
>   Shadi
>
>
>> 👋 Eric
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>  Shadi
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14/08/2019 19:44, Shawn Henry wrote:
>>>> Hi Shadi,
>>>> After some work from Terrill and Eric with AblePlayer, it now reads 
>>>> out the text version of the descriptions very nicely! e.g., 
>>>> https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/customizable/
>>>> It does it automatically for me -- even without a screen reader on.
>>>> Unless I'm missing something, that means we can just have the VTT 
>>>> with description and do not need to create separate audio of the 
>>>> description.
>>>> Maybe this will help some with current and upcoming video project 
>>>> budgets?
>>>> Best,
>>>> ~Shawn
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
>>> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
>>> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>>> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>>>
>
> -- 
> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)



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Eric Eggert
Web Accessibility Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)