Thread Subject: Re: 6.3e

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From: Shannon Rapuano
Date: Fri, Jul 27 2007 6:25 AM


Whitney, I agree that there needs to be clarification to allow support for
this provision through AT.


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Shannon Rapuano, IBM Accessibility Center


= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = wrote on 07/26/2007 06:32:00 PM:

> Do we need to be careful about distinguishing between provisions in:
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> "Section 4. Additional Provisions for Audio-Visual Players or Displays"
> and
> "Section 6.2/3 If Audio and/or Video Content"
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> And/or add something here that acknowledges that on a PC, the audio
> equivalents can be provided through general AT as it would be for
> any other software.
>
> W
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> At 10:46 AM 7/26/2007, Shannon Rapuano wrote:

> Allen, I understand and agree with the requirement for providing the
audio
> equivalents when the multimedia is closed like a DVD player. However,
this
> provision does not limit the requirement to those types of environments.
> As written, it would apply to all multimedia content. My concern is the
> scope of the provision is too broad.
>
>
> shannon
>
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> Shannon Rapuano, IBM Accessibility Center
> (727) 494-0782, Tieline: 273-3031
> CLP Lotus Notes Application Developer R5
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