Re: for video budgeting - description in text file only

On 19/08/2019 15:06, Eric Eggert wrote:
> 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
>             <mailto: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.

W3C already has such a policy, which we follow for our videos:
  - https://www.w3.org/2008/06/video-notes.html

Maybe this can be lightly updated when we have the new media tutorial.

Best,
   Shadi


> 👋 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)
> 
> --
> 
> Eric Eggert
> Web Accessibility Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at 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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