Thread Subject: Re: 6c and 6e concerns continue

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Sun, Aug 26 2007 3:40 PM

"original" refers to the audio track before you add the video description.


PS (careful with the word 'verbal'. It means "in words" but not necessarily
audio. This email is verbal. Braille is verbal. If we mean spoken or
vocal or speech output or audible we should use one of those words.)


Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.



> -----Original Message-----
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> Hoffman, Allen
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-video] 6c and 6e concerns continue
>
> I didn't see any response, maybe this wasn't posted?
>
> I still have real trouble with 6-c as is in the 08/17 draft.
>
> 6-C - Video Description
> All materials containing video and/or audio, regardless of
> format, that contain visual information necessary for the
> comprehension of the content, must comply with the following:
> 1. materials containing prerecorded video and no original audio or
> other additional time-based content must provide either a
> separate text description of the video or provide an
> additional audio track to convey the informational content of
> the video.
> 2. materials containing prerecorded video with concurrent audio
> must provide synchronized video descriptions, or a separate
> text description of the video, to convey the informational
> content of the video.
> 3. materials containing live video must provide synchronized video
> descriptions in real time to convey the informational content
> of the video.
> * Status: Done
> * Text from A/V
> * Source: {508}1194.24(d) (was 6.2.C in July 18 draft)
>
>
> First, in option (1), what is the "original audio" phrase
> intended to be for? Why does the source of the audio matter?
>
> Next, I can't live with a text transcript as an alternate to
> synchronized video-description. It can certainly be a
> supplement to a text transcript, or the text transcript a
> supplement to the synchronized video-description, but not an
> "or" condition. My memory tells me we went through this once
> before, but it has morphed back.
>
> On to 6-e:
>
> 6-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.
> * Status: Done
>
> My memory tells me again that we went through this and agreed
> that to identify that a/v content with interactive elements,
> must have verbal equivalents. This is supposed to be for
> menus on things like DVD(s), etc. I think we should just say
> that myself to make it clear that when content and media
> format combined allow the use of a menu to select what is to
> be viewed, that that menu must include verbal information
> sufficient for the user to make menu selections. i realize
> we have folks thinking this is a software issue, but while
> maybe it is, a/v vendors must have clear direction that such
> menus must have this added component of audio output to meet
> Section 508 standards. The point is that this requirement
> must be made clearly and not be left for someone to delve
> through long drawn out chains of logic to find. I think we
> could certainly eliminate the use of the word multimedia and
> say synchronized audio/video content.
>
> Here is a suggested update for consideration:
>
> 6-E - Interactive Elements, or menus
> All content which contains video with or without synchronized
> audio and interactive elements, such as menus for selection
> and access to segments of the content, must include
> synchronized verbal equivalents for menu selections.
>
>
> Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
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