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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 1, 2006 11:30AM

Karl Groves wrote:

> Do you have any information about whether SMIL is supported by portable
> audio devices?

SMIL is only a container for other file formats...so you'd still have an
mp3 file (which plays in the portable devices), but also a SMIL that
combines the mp3 with a suitable caption file. The SMIL may not be
playable on the device, but can be used on a regular computer.

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