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Re: Audio description in gapless movie

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Jun 22, 2015 11:45PM

Thanks for your thoughts guys. The information was borderline decorative so I wrote it up as a recommendation rather than a fail.



On 23 Jun 2015, at 02:24, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>> Do I need to fail this under 1.2.5 (Audio description is provided for all pre-recorded video content in synchronized media.)?
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> If the narration describes all of the non-decorative visual information - no specific audio description is required.
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> If audio description is required but you can't fit it in -- then it's possible you could not meet SC 1.2.5. The way the extended audio description success criteria is listed as AAA means it can't be used to meet SC 1.2.5. This is frustrating to me but I haven't found a better answer.
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