Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-23 Thread Sam Dutton
Some thoughts about the Media Multitrack and TextAssociations specs -- and also about http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Timed_tracks... The specs are great news in terms of accessibility and should open up possibilities for search and temporal addressing. There may be cases where it makes sense to

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-16 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@opera.com wrote: On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:06 +0900, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: +1 to Henry's suggestion of just using two formats:

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-16 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@opera.com wrote: On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:49:38 +0900, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@opera.com wrote: I guess the problem is more with char sets. For HTML

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-16 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:54:12 +0900, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@opera.com wrote: It would simply always be UTF-8, much like text/cache-manifest and text/event-stream. There are plenty of SRT files out there that

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-16 Thread Richard Watts
Henri Sivonen wrote: Philip Jägenstedt phil...@opera.com wrote: I actually quite like the general idea behind Silvia's http://wiki.xiph.org/Timed_Divs_HTML ... !doctype html ... timerange start=1 end=2Hello/timerange timerange start=10 end=12The End/timerange ... The default stylesheet

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-15 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:06 +0900, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: CSS is much tighter linked to HTML than a timed text format. If your UA happens to not support TTML, only one feature will be missing, i.e. timed text on your video. That doesn't destroy your Web page. But lack

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-15 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:59:06 +0900, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: +1 to Henry's suggestion of just using two formats: SRT, and SRT + (possibly some subset of) HTML+CSS, where the latter is simply a

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: Understood. But what is actually the cost of implementing all of TTML? The features in TTML all map onto existing Web technology,

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: It would be helpful if the role values were

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: Understood. But what is actually the cost of

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Philip Jägenstedt
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:24:27 +0800, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: If TTML creates specs that cannot be mapped, then those are ignored. All we are basically committing to would be that a best effort

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Callahan

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. jackalm...@gmail.com wrote: If TTML creates specs that cannot be mapped, then those are

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-14 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Tab Atkins Jr.

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Philip Jägenstedt phil...@opera.com wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:47:33 +0800, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonas Sicking

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Philip Jägenstedt
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:28:54 +0800, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Philip Jägenstedt phil...@opera.com wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:47:33 +0800, Silvia Pfeiffer

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Eric Carlson
On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:28 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote: Will implementations want to do the rendering of the subtitles off the main thread? I believe many browsers are, or are planning to, render the actual video graphics using a separate thread. If that is correct, do we want to support

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Eric Carlson eric.carl...@apple.com wrote: On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:28 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote: Will implementations want to do the rendering of the subtitles off the main thread? I believe many browsers are, or are planning to, render the actual video graphics

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Robert O'Callahan
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: Will implementations want to do the rendering of the subtitles off the main thread? I believe many browsers are, or are planning to, render the actual video graphics using a separate thread. If that is correct, do we want

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-13 Thread Robert O'Callahan
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: Understood. But what is actually the cost of implementing all of TTML? The features in TTML all map onto existing Web technology, so all it takes is a bit more parsing code over time. When implementing one

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-12 Thread Philip Jägenstedt
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:47:33 +0800, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: f Is it expected that all of TTML will be required?

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-12 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Maciej Stachowiak m...@apple.com wrote: On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: Understood. But what is actually the cost of implementing all of TTML? The features in TTML all map onto existing Web technology, so all it takes is a bit more parsing

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-12 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Philip Jägenstedt phil...@opera.com wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:47:33 +0800, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Chris Double
On 10/04/10 10:41, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: This proposal introduces declarative markup to associate external timed text resources (such as captions and subtitles) with a media resource. It introducestrack andtrackgroup elements to be used inside media elements and provides some recommendations

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
Hi Rob, On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Robert O'Callahan rob...@ocallahan.org wrote: It would be helpful if the role values were defined. Both proposals contain a list of roles - were you asking for a registering mechanism or something? I'm confused. If the text is rendered on top of the

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
Hi Chris, On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Chris Double chris.dou...@double.co.nz wrote: On 10/04/10 10:41, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: This proposal introduces declarative markup to associate external timed text resources (such as captions and subtitles) with a media resource. It introducestrack

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: f Is it expected that all of TTML will be required? The proposal suggests 'starting with the simplest profile', being the transformation profile. Does this mean only the transformation profile is needed to provide

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: f Is it expected that all of TTML will be required? The proposal suggests 'starting with the simplest profile', being the transformation

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Apr 11, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: f Is it expected that all of TTML will be required? The proposal suggests That is also something that still has to be discussed further. Initial feedback

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: Understood. But what is actually the cost of implementing all of TTML? The features in TTML all map onto existing Web technology, so all it takes is a bit more parsing code over time. No, they all map onto XSL-FO. XSL-FO is not a real Web

Re: [whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-11 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote: On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiff...@gmail.com wrote: f Is it expected that all of TTML will be required? The

[whatwg] Introduction of media accessibility features

2010-04-09 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
Hi all, At the W3C there have been many discussions about how to introduce accessibility for the media elements. Over the last months, two proposals to improve the specification have been developed within the media subgroup of the Accessibility Task Force. It is time to put them in front of a