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EWG:Draft Oct 26 Open or Closed Captions

6-C - Open or Closed Captions/Descriptions

This page is the text proposed in the Nov Plenary Meeting.

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Text from Oct 26 Draft:
At the time of playback, captions and/or video descriptions must be either (a) capable of being turned on and off ("closed"), or (b) visible or audible to all users ("open").

Proposed Addition
Proposal to add text here, rather than add new provision 4C - Access to Captions:

For products as defined in 4-A.1 the controls to turn on or off captions and/or video descriptions must be comparable in prominence, in at least one location, to controls provided to control volume, or perform program selection, where the ability to control these features is otherwise provided.

Notes from November plenary:

  • Remove the provision, break it into two notes for in 6A and 6B.

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