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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: May 25, 2021 10:25AM

Hello

I WOULD BE SUPPRIZED TO FIND THE CAPTION WEB SITE NOT ACCESSABLE. THAT
STRIKES ME AS NOT LIKELY HAVE YOU CHECKED THAT WEB SITE YOUR SELF MAYBE IT
JUST NEEDED BETTTER DIRECTIONS FOR A SCREENREADER USER AFTER ALL CAPTIONS
ARE TEXT AREN'T THEY
Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:17 AM Polling, Neil < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Additionally captions can be used in such a way that they aren't just
> showing what people are saying, but also include descriptions of what is
> happening. So if there are captions that are providing context that would
> normally be provided through vision, if those captions aren't also in some
> way being read aloud then the overall experience would be inaccessible to
> those with vision impairments.
>
> Neil Polling | Quality Assurance Analyst | Broadridge Financial Solutions,
> Inc.
> 525 S. Lake Avenue | Duluth, MN | USA | p 218-464-5344 | m 218-409-3019
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> broadridge.com
>
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