Thread Subject: Re: Transcripts not required?

From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Sun, Jul 22 2007 7:45 AM

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Just so we all understand what we mean and who requires (or should require)
what:

There are three type of text



1) Transcripts - (usually refers to static documents that represent the
spoken text only - occasionally with sounds)



2) Captions - Synchronized text of audio and sounds



3) Full Multimedia Text Alternative (including any interaction) - which is
like a screenplay. It is a static text document that contains all of the
speech, all important sounds, and a description of all of the important
visual information - as well as links if there is any interaction that
occurs in the multimedia.





In WCAG we require



At Level A

- Captioning for pre-recorded multimedia

- EITHER Audio description OR full text alternative for multimedia
including any interaction for Pre-recorded Multi-media

- a transcript (static) for prerecorded AUDIO-ONLY content

- a text description (static) for pre-recorded VIDEO-ONLY content



At Level AA

- Captions for LIVE multimedia

- Audio Description for Pre-recorded Multi-media (if you didn't already
provide it to satisfy Level A)



At Level AAA

- full text alternative for multimedia including any interaction for
Pre-recorded Multi-media (if you didn't already provide it to satisfy Level
A)

- Extended Audio Descriptions (stopping video as necessary to get full
audio descriptions in)

- Sign Language interpretation of all speech and sounds in Multimedia



WCAG DEFINITION:



full text alternative for multimedia including any interaction

document including correctly sequenced text descriptions of all visual
settings, actions, speakers, and non-speech sounds, and transcript of all
dialogue combined with a means of achieving any outcomes that are achieved
using interaction (if any) during the multimedia

Note: A screenplay used to create the multimedia content would meet this
definition only if it was corrected to accurately represent the final
multimedia after editing.









Gregg

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> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:54 AM

> To: 'TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee'

> Subject: Re: [teitac-video] Transcripts not required?

>

> Thanks, Karen, for the clarification.

>

> Just to recap: Jared asked why transcripts were not part of

> the AV SC drafts, and also why they were only AAA in WCAG; he

> indicated that their work has shown a clear preference for

> transcripts in some cases.

>

> [Also, just to be clear, it seems that Jared was talking

> about an on-screen transcript and Karen is talking about a

> paper document?]

>

> There seem to be 2 competing approaches here: transcripts are

> not synchronized, and captions are not complete. But we

> could certainly require, for both real-time and pre-produced

> media, that a complete synchronized transcription appear in

> such a way that it can be positioned next to the video but

> not obscure any of it.

>

> Why not do this?

>

> > Transcripts are no good as a substitute for captions even where the

> > user does have play controls. Imagine this scenario:

> >

> > You are deaf. You are given a DVD of a training session which has

> > active video content with multiple individuals acting out a scene

> > pertinent to

> the

> > message of the video. You put the DVD into your DVD player and are

> > able to watch the people move around, talk to each other,

> act out the

> > scene, but

> you

> > cannot hear anything and there are no captions. Instead, the govt

> > agency providing this gives you a transcript. Your DVD player has

> > pause, resume, etc. So the only thing you can do is:

> >

> > -- Look up, see people moving around and talking without

> captions. You

> > can't understand what is happening so you . .

> > -- Pause and read what they said. Then you . . .

> > -- Look up and watch them again. Again, you have to . . .

> > -- Pause and look down to try to figure out who is saying what. You

> > read what is happening, but are having trouble placing each line of

> > the transcript with what is happening on the video. So you . . .

> > -- Look up again and rewind to figure out which part of the

> transcript

> goes

> > with each scene, etc.

> >

> > This is not equal or even comparable access to the experience that a

> hearing

> > person would have watching the same videos.

> >

> > Karen

>

>

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