Thread Subject: Re: 6.3e

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From: Larry Goldberg
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2007 1:50 PM

Whitney,

Looks like we have general agreement for the new "truncated" language as
indicated below. Can you post this in your doc?

- Larry


Larry Goldberg wrote:

> How would it work if we truncated the requirement like this?:
>
> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
> All "multimedia" containing interactive elements, such as menus for
> selection and access to segments of the content, that are part of the
> content MUST include verbal equivalents for menu selections.
>
> - Larry
>
>
> Hoffman, Allen wrote:
>
>> Larry Goldberg wrote:
>> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
>> Recent Unresolved Discussion regarding 6.3-E - Interactive Elements:
>> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
>> All materials containing interactive elements that are part of the
>> content must comply with 1194.21 [a-z] as well as 1194.24 a-e.
>>
>> While I think this language points where we want to go, it doesn't
>> plainly say that for menus, audio equivalents must be provided as focus
>> moves. Note, this is really critical for when the content is coming
>> from a closed media, or being used on a closed playback device. there
>> must be a simpler way to say this so that this meaning is clear. I
>> think there may be distinction between read-only media content and more
>> read/write interactive content here, for example, a flash e-learning
>> course delivered with multimedia over the web must meet the content,
>> web, and software standards, which in theory include a/v requirements.
>> In the spirit of creating general function-based technical requirements,
>> then moving to any specific requirements for narrowly scoped subsets, I
>> would like to prose that the 6.3E item is either kept as is, and
>> additional more media specific provisions drafted, or we incorporate
>> some specific media-specific language into it.
>>
>> Here are some problems I see with just saying interactive elements must
>> meet software requirements:
>> They have to meet closed requirements primarily, as closed media
>> is closed due to playback device primarily.
>> software contains requirements specifically related to
>> accessibility services on platforms, these don't match reality of
>> playback systems today.
>>
>> So:
>> rewrite of 6.3E might be:
>> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
>> All "multimedia" containing interactive elements, such as menus for
>> selection and access to segments of the content, that are part of the
>> content MUST include verbal equivalents for menu selections, and must
>> comply with 1194.21 [a-z] as well as 1194.24 a-e.
>>
>> Note, this would make my concern plainly addressed if we then work with
>> web/software/content to nail down the final standards in that section
>> that have to be complied with more carefully.
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>> Agenda:
>>
>> resolve 4-A:
>> 4. Additional Provisions for Audio-Visual Content or Players/Displays
>> 4.1.A Caption Playback
>>
>> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
>> Recent Unresolved Discussion regarding 6.3-E - Interactive Elements:
>> 6.3-E - Interactive Elements
>> All materials containing interactive elements that are part of the
>> content must comply with 1194.21 [a-z] as well as 1194.24 a-e.
>>
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