Thread Subject: Re: 3d/3e for content format

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From: Sean Hayes
Date: Thu, Sep 06 2007 9:00 AM

I imagine that the US very occasionally finds the need to interchange material with the rest of the world.

Sean Hayes
Incubation Lab
Accessibility Business Unit
Microsoft

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-----Original Message-----
From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Andrew Kirkpatrick
Sent: 06 September 2007 15:53
To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format

I wasn't aware of that requirement. I agree with Allen's comment that
the requirement to support changes in language is much harder to test
and develop.
AWK

> -----Original Message-----
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> Of = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:36 AM
> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
>
> I am not the most knowledgeable person on this subject but I
> am aware of an obligation/policy/regulation on Federal sites
> to have non-English versions. For the majority of sites
> engaged in meeting this obligation, it means having a Spanish
> language version although there are some sites with
> additional language version.
>
> Does this mean that videos on this sites need to be
> close-captioned or audio-described in another language?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" [ = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> Sent: 09/06/2007 06:32 AM MST
> To: "TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee"
> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
>
>
>
> In the spirit of trying to reduce the extra weight of the new
> standards, I'll raise my question again -- why is language
> support in 508? We do have other WCAG standards that we have
> not included, and this seems like it is not needed in the
> U.S. standard.
>
> What is our rationale for requiring the language support in
> content formats and web and software provisions?
>
> AWK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> Behalf Of Peter
> > Korn
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:56 PM
> > To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
> > Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] 3d/3e for content format
> >
> > Hi Allen,
> >
> > We need to be careful with this one. Simple text editors (think
> > Notepad) won't be able to do this.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Korn
> > Accessibility Architect,
> > Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >
> > > Action item from Tuesday, 09/04.
> > >
> > > Content formats which support multiple languages MUST provide a
> > > programmatically determinable mechanism to identify the primary
> > > language, and the language of any sections which are in
> > another language
> > > from the primary language.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Allen Hoffman -- = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ; v: 202-447-0303
> > >

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