Thread Subject: Re: Synchronization Standards

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From: Dave Singer
Date: Tue, Aug 28 2007 12:55 PM


At 14:49 -0400 28/08/07, Greg Fields wrote:
>As mentioned on the Plenary call today, here are the few standards (not
>legislation or regulations) referenced:
>
>* Time-Text Format - http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/timetext.html
>* SMIL Mobile Profile -
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213/smil21-mobile-profile.html
>* SMIL DTDs - http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213/smil-DTD.html
>
>* SMIL Accessibility Features - http://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL-access/
>* Java Mobile Edition Multimedia Player API (VideoControl Class)-
>http://java.sun.com/products/mmapi/
>
>After reviewing each standard, profiles and interfaces, there doesn't
>exist legislation, regulation or standards that cover closed captioning
>on mobile devices. Rather, there are global standards that are related
>to synchronization of data and multimedia.

on *mobile* devices, one might expect to use the 3GPP timed text format

>Thanks.
>
>Greg Fields, CUA
>Accessibility Product Manager
>Handheld Product Management
>Research In Motion (RIM)
>Telephone: 1 519 888 7465, ext.3867
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>URL: http://www.blackberry.com/accessibility
>
>
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