Thread Subject: Re: Captioning not accessible to screen reader users

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From: Jim Tobias
Date: Mon, Oct 30 2006 6:05 AM

No problem if you forward the messages.

Gregg -- have you encountered this issue before?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bailey Bruce [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:09 AM
> To: TEITAC Communications Task Force
> Subject: Re: [teitac-tools] Captioning not accessible to
> screen reader users
>
> Debbie and Jim, any objections if I forward your messages to
> the folks at Federal Relay?
>
> The compatibility concern has been raised before but I have
> not heard an update recently if they think the problem can be
> solved. I do not think the characterization that quote
> nobody cared much unquote is accurate.
> My understanding was that they were looking for a solution,
> but were not going to compromise the core functionality in
> the meantime.
>
> Is anyone in the tools group aware of a similar auto-scroll
> effect, using HTML, that is accessible?
>
> The discussion related to whether AT needs to comply and to
> what extent should probably be directed to the Software Web
> subcommittee.
>
>

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