Thread Subject: Re: rewording of 24(d) #2

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From: Jim Tobias
Date: Fri, Mar 09 2007 10:35 AM

Since these regulations are supposed to focus on what is required, perhaps
we should not include the reference to optional transcripts? I think it's
clearer. Supplementary guidance material should say that a transcript is
*not* compliant, although it is a valuable addition.


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From: geoff freed [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
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Subject: [teitac-video] rewording of 24(d) #2


Nick has pointed out to me that yesterday's revision of 24(d) #2 omitted the
clause that transcripts of audio descriptions can supplement, but not
replace, synchronized descriptions themselves. With that in mind, here's a
proposal for rewording 24(d) #2:

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2) materials containing prerecorded video with concurrent audio must provide
synchronized audio descriptions and may offer a transcript in addition to,
but not in place of, the descriptions, to convey the informational content
of the video.
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For the sake of comparison, here's what we say about *captions* in 24(c) #2:

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2) materials containing prerecorded video with concurrent audio must provide
synchronized captions and may offer a transcript in addition to, but not in
place of, the captions.
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Thoughts?
Geoff.

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