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From: Dona Patrick
Date: Mar 7, 2013 2:25PM


I received this question from a developer at work today and I am not sure
of the answer. I've never heard this and a brief search online didn't give
me any answers. I am assuming she is talking about captioned video. Is she
correct?

Thanks,

Dona

My understanding of embedded video and audio players is that they don’t
> necessarily have to be compliant as long as a download link to the native
> file is provided. Does that sound right to you?