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From: Cramer, Brian
Date: May 2, 2012 7:36AM

Hello,



I was hoping someone could help me with understanding braille readers
support/interaction with video and multimedia files which contain audio.
I'm trying to determine if the AT is sophisticated enough to parse
embedded captions or a relationship with a caption file such as TTML or
WebVTT. The timing of the video itself it seems to me would present a
problem and that the braille user would want an "alternative for
timed-based media" either by being able to extract the caption file or
an explicitly separate transcript.



Thank you,

Brian Cramer



Principal/Technical Lead, User Experience Practice

SRA International, Inc.

3434 Washington Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22201

703-284-6115