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From: Steve Vosloo
Date: Aug 14, 2002 11:57PM

I'm still trying to get my head around WCAG Priority 1 Checkpoint 1.3:

"1.3. Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text equivalent
of a visual track provide an auditory description of the important
information of the visual track of a multimedia presentation."

Am I correct in saying that there is not one single site out there,
which has a Flash movie on it without an accompanying auditory
description of the movie, that is compliant with W3C level-A?

My initial idea of providing an alternative text-only description is
apparently not sufficient. What's a developer to do? Remove the flash
movie or find the nearest sound recording studio?

Thanks
Steve

Steve Vosloo
Division Manager
Usability J