Thread Subject: Re: revision of 24(e)

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From: tom Wlodkowski
Date: Wed, Jan 03 2007 10:30 AM


Authors definitely have a role here as well, particularly in the web
environment. Delivering open captions for a streaming video differs from the
closed caption approach in many cases.

Tom Wlodkowski
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AOL LLC
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Subject: Re: [teitac-video] revision of 24(e)


> See my other message - the authors don't provide the method for turning on
> and off captions. The products do.
>
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> From: "geoff freed" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: "TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [teitac-video] revision of 24(e)
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>>
>> I'm concerned that "the system" will mean different things to
>> different people, so how about...
>>
>> Authors shall provide a method for turning closed captions
>> or closed audio descriptions on and off unless captions or
>> descriptions are intended to be permanently visible or
>> audible to everyone.
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Whitney Quesenbery wrote:
>>
>>> How about active voice:
>>>
>>> The system shall provide a method for turning closed captions or
>>> closed
>>> audio descriptions on and off unless captions or descriptions are
>>> permanently visible or audible to everyone.
>>>
>>> At 10:37 AM 1/3/2007, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>>> Or how about:
>>>> A method for turning closed captions or closed audio descriptions
>>>> on and
>>>> off shall be provided unless captions or descriptions are meant by
>>>> the
>>>> author to be permanently visible or audible to everyone.
>>>>
>>>> AWK
>>>
>>>
>>> Whitney Quesenbery
>>> Whitney Interactive Design
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