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Re: iCaption2 Student Project to create people learnabout and create captions for Flash Videos

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From: Steve Robillard
Date: Apr 20, 2009 10:35AM

My apologies to all for my previous message it was a combo of a reply that
my only suggestion would be to make the tool accessible and a tweet about a
web site that (compared having a baby and designing a website) got garbled
together. Again my apologies I meant no disrespect to anyone.

-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Karl Groves
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:32 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] iCaption2 Student Project to create people learnabout
and create captions for Flash Videos

This sort of response is wholly unhelpful and inappropriate. Lists such as
this one (and this one in particular) often have subscribers who come from
the entire spectrum of knowledge and experience. Responses like this one
typically scare "Newbies" away from posting questions or comments, lest they
be attacked.

This list is probably the longest lasting discussion list for Web
accessibility and helped me personally in many ways when I was first getting
into web development and accessibility. It wouldn't have lasted so long or
been so valuable if calling people "stupid" was considered acceptable.

Last, you may be well advised to research who Jon Gunderson is and what his
contribution to accessibility has been before you attack him.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Steve Robillard
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:37 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] iCaption2 Student Project to create people learn
> about and create captions for Flash Videos
>
> Is it just me or is this the stupidest thing you have heard a tool to
> make something accessible which isn't accessible
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jon
> Gunderson
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:29 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] iCaption2 Student Project to create people learn
> about and create captions for Flash Videos
>
> I have been working with a group of students to build a tool help
> people learn about captioning Flash Video.
>
> The following website has the results of there work.
>
> http://icaption2.cita.uiuc.edu/
>
> The application was built using Adobe Flex Technology and so is not
> very accessible to assistive technologies, but there is basic keyboard
> support for all the functions.
>
> If you are working with Flash video the students would love to have
> your feedback about your experience using iCaption2 to create captions
> and how the tool could be improved to make it easier for you to create
> captions.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Jon
>
> Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.
> Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility Disability Resources
> and Educational Services
>
> Rehabilitation Education Center
> Room 86
> 1207 S. Oak Street
> Champaign, Illinois 61821
>
> Voice: (217) 244-5870
>
> WWW: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/
> WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/
>
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