Thread Subject: Re: 24(e) - simplified version

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From: Karen Peltz Strauss
Date: Mon, Mar 12 2007 8:50 AM

In response to Jessica's concern (which I noticed as well), why not simplify
it even more then - as follows?

24(e) At the time of playback, captions and/or audio descriptions must
> be either (a) capable of being turned on and off ("closed"), or (b)
> visible or audible to all users ("open").

Karen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessica M. Brodey" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "'TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee'" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [teitac-video] 24(e) - simplified version


>I like the format, and it fixes the grammatical problem. Does it
> inadvertently create a preference for closed over open (i.e, open is only
> acceptable if closed is not available)?
>
> Jessica
>
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> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Kirkpatrick
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:24 AM
> To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee
> Subject: [teitac-video] 24(e) - simplified version
>
> I've tried to capture the issues that we've been talking about AND make
> the standard more readable and understandable. This included removing
> the text referring to individuals and the resulting need for the
> reference to groups. See what you think:
>
> >
> AWK
>
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>
> Corporate Accessibility Engineering Lead
>
> Adobe Systems
>
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