Thread Subject: Re: Braille Displays

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Thu, Nov 16 2006 9:40 AM


Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
"> Shouldn't there be a provision to insure that this information is
> available to the Deaf/Blind thru Braille Display?

We can certainly make the recommendation that transcript versions of
captions and descriptions are always available. That is not part of the
current standard, but we should raise it.

Do you want to add your comment to the wiki?

AWK"
I agree that this is a good idea, it just changes the 1194.31 functional
requirements. Someone should bring that up, or we should cross talk
with that group on this topic.




Allen Hoffman -- 202-447-0303


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