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Posted by SpaceGirl on 08/02/07 13:58
On Aug 2, 1:47 pm, Bergamot <berga...@visi.com> wrote:
> SpaceGirl wrote:
> > On Aug 2, 5:29 am, Chaddy2222 <spamlovermailbox-sicur...@yahoo.com.au>
> > wrote:
>
> >> the WCAG 2.0 draft is
> >> still quite un-clear about some of this stuff.
>
> > Just this week a new "live video" system was
> > launched in the US. It's like YouTube, except the video is live
> > (realtime). How would this fit into these laws?
>
> What would make this different from a live TV broadcast? Are there any
> accessibility laws pertaining to them, and what assistive technology is
> there in place now for that?
>
> --
> Berg
Good questions... I don't know. Stuff on TV is vetted and monitored by
various broadcasting bodies. There are no such things online; it's
down to whoever is hosting the service. Some TV shows are subtitled...
are we in the future to expect people submitting these videos to
subtitle them?
No wonder people are confused about how to tackle accessibility; there
is no clear guideline, and what laws have been put in place are
utterly useless.
This is not to say that a designer shouldn't strive to make their work
accessible to the most people they can, but with economics and
audiences in mind, the big stick of ill-conceived laws will do nothing
to help at all.
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