Comments on: Government Report: “Access to Electronic Media for the Hearing and Vision Impaired” http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/29/government-report-access-to-electronic-media-for-the-hearing-and-vision-impaired/ Silvia's blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: silvia http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/29/government-report-access-to-electronic-media-for-the-hearing-and-vision-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 silvia Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:40:51 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=894#comment-4014 @Joe What other format do you prefer? I have ODF as the original format, but it's not really a distribution format. I suggested trials to find out if textual audio descriptions are viable. I know they are technically viable, since I have experimented with them and have had good feedback. I also know that they are easier to create than full audio descriptions cause I have also created such - in fact, the textual part is a pre-condition to actually doing the audio recording. What would be wrong with requiring textual audio descriptions to commercial video material by 2015 if it has been proven to work (and there is enough time between now and then to investigate that)? It would encourage the production of them and we would get a decent amount of access for the vision-impaired to audio-visual content. @Joe What other format do you prefer? I have ODF as the original format, but it’s not really a distribution format.

I suggested trials to find out if textual audio descriptions are viable. I know they are technically viable, since I have experimented with them and have had good feedback. I also know that they are easier to create than full audio descriptions cause I have also created such – in fact, the textual part is a pre-condition to actually doing the audio recording.

What would be wrong with requiring textual audio descriptions to commercial video material by 2015 if it has been proven to work (and there is enough time between now and then to investigate that)? It would encourage the production of them and we would get a decent amount of access for the vision-impaired to audio-visual content.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/29/government-report-access-to-electronic-media-for-the-hearing-and-vision-impaired/comment-page-1/#comment-4010 Joe Clark Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:02:22 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=894#comment-4010 And why is your submission a PDF, Ginger? These people are technically backward and believe anything they And why is your submission a PDF, Ginger?

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