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> That could mean websites will be required to include spoken descriptions of photos and text boxes for the blind, as well as captions and transcriptions of
by ishansharma 14y ago
> That could mean websites will be required to include spoken descriptions of photos and text boxes for the blind, as well as captions and transcriptions of multimedia features for the deaf, said Jared Smith, associate director of WebAIM, a nonprofit group that trains and evaluates companies on Web accessibility.
This is what I was talking about. I support correct HTML tags and standards anyway. But all the things mentioned above are an overkill.
And it's not about small guys only. Imagine YouTube being sued for not having captions over all videos? Why due anyone for this, ask them nicely!
- potatolicious 14y ago"Spoken descriptions" doesn't mean you need to record your own voiceovers for your website - you are misunderstanding the complaint. Visually handicapped people already use screen readers that will read website aloud to them. The demand here is to ensure websites are compliant enough with basic HTML spec that said screen readers work. The screen readers I've seen don't do anything crazy - they are even fairly tolerant of bad markup, but they aren't magic. The demand here is for websites to care enough to format properly so screen readers actually work.
- ishansharma 14y agoOK. Thanks for the clarification. Would have helped if original article just talked about screen readers.