- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:18:20 -0500
- To: Joel Isaac <JIsaac@delta.org>
- Cc: "wai-eo-editors@w3.org" <wai-eo-editors@w3.org>
Hi Joel, We have made edits that I hope address your issue. The edits are listed in the changelog here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/media/av/changelog/#12-april-2021 You can see them in GitHub in "rich diff" here: https://github.com/w3c/wai-media-guide/pull/171/files#diff-c1b685ee00b34f046f46e5c0825fd585c5b93f924bc23d42665e4daf47d9e3b7 If you have other suggestions, feel free to reply to this e-mail or add them to the GitHub issue at: https://github.com/w3c/wai-media-guide/issues/165 Best regards, ~Shawn for EOWG On 19-Feb-21 5:07 PM, Shawn Henry wrote: > Hi Joel, > > Thank you for taking the time to write. I do see your point. > > I have created a GitHub issue for it: > https://github.com/w3c/wai-media-guide/issues/165 > > I hope we will have suggestions to address it soon. > > Feel free to submit specific wording changes by e-mail or GitHub if you would like. > > Best Regards, > ~Shawn > <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/> > > > On 18-Feb-21 7:31 PM, Joel Isaac wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I’m guiding design and content teams on making videos accessible. One of them shared the W3C transcript guidance <https://www.w3.org/WAI/media/av/transcripts/#introduction>. >> >> Though I appreciated how the document is structured and the logical approach to breaking up transcripts into basic, descriptive and interactive, I had to spend some time with my teams explaining how creating a transcript solely from captions could exclude a good portion of the people who rely on transcripts. >> >> I think the issue is that the document doesn’t draw enough of a distinction between basic and descriptive transcripts and when one should be used over the other. >> >> To me, the concern is that the basic transcript is presented in a way that teams new to accessibility could assume that the basic transcript meets baseline conformance and does not exclude a good portion of non-visual and neurodiverse viewers. >> >> Apologies if I missed something in the document that addresses this concern. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Joel Isaac | >> >> Design Accessibility Lead,| >> >> Email: jisaac@delta.org <mailto:jisaac@delta.org> | Mobile 415-390-5972 |Office: 628-260-4027 >> >> Delta Dental of California | 1333 Broadway, Suite 800 | Oakland, CA 94612 >> >> We keep you smiling® | deltadentalins.com >> >> The information contained in this email message and any attachments is confidential and intended only for the addressee(s). If you are not an addressee, you may not copy or disclose the information, or act upon it, and you should delete it entirely from your email system. Please notify the sender that you received this email in error. >> >>
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