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From: Steve Green
Date: May 27, 2020 6:16AM

My interpretation of WCAG's definition of "synchronised media" is that the audio and video do need to be synchronised, such as when you have a talking head i.e. the relative timing of the audio and video is important. I don't believe that merely having audio and video present at the same time is sufficient to constitute "synchronised media" if their relative timing does not matter. It would simply be "multimedia". The word "synchronised" has a very specific meaning and I don't think we can simply ignore it.

In the videos I am currently dealing with, the audio track contains all the important information. The video content is entirely decorative fluff except for a medical disclaimer that is displayed for a few seconds.

Steve