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From: L Snider
Date: Sep 8, 2015 11:28AM

Hi Bim,

Thanks, that makes sense in terms of WCAG...makes it more clear!

Cheers

Lisa



On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Bim Egan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> Identifying the speaker by name is likely to be more accessible, especially
> if they are introduced at the start of the interview. It isn't beyond
> reasonable that the interviewee may respond with a question of their own,
> which might cause confusion if only Q and A are used. The caption
> punctuation should make it clear when a question is being asked.
>
> In the WCAG2 Understanding document for the 1.2.2 Captioning (Prerecorded)
> SC, the intent includes the sentence:
> "Captions not only include dialogue, but identify who is speaking and
> include non-speech information conveyed through sound, including meaningful
> sound effects"
> http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/media-equiv-captions.html
>
> HTH,
>
> Bim
>
>