http://www.cpcweb.com/Webcasting/webcast_samples.htm
I know it costs MONEY to get this - but there's another one called VideoLAN, which is free, open source software but I don't know a whole lot about it: http://www.videolan.org/ - still researching this. I want not only accessibility but also web standards compliance. But, is that asking too much?
So, I guess the capabilities are out there. And I'm proud to see a number of people right here in this group who have the skills and knowledge to create things like this with SAMI or SMIL.
Two organizations among my clients that are both comprised of and oriented toward the Deaf and hard of hearing community have asked me to look into creating streaming video of their representatives using American Sign Language to include on their websites - and we're looking at voice-overs for site visitors who may not be familiar with ASL, and/or, including text translations (captioning or perhaps just a paragraph next to/beneath the video) because accessibility works both ways. Cost figures into the decision making process quite a bit.
Life gets a lot more complicated when we consider all the possible ways to be accessible. I know I may be asking a lot, but I feel like I miss out, when I WANT so much to learn everything everybody else here gets to learn.
Talking Newspapers is a great idea - and an excellent solution for people with visual impairments. Captioned/subtitled media on the Web is hugely popular with Deaf and hard of hearing people, because it's real-time information in a visual form.
Leslie Riggs
Now you've got me thinking. Is there anything similar to the Talking Newspapers service for internet content? Should there be? A group of fast typing volunteers/proofreaders could provide transcripts to popular non subtitled items. We'd barely be scratching the surface of what needs to be done but is it worth thinking about Leslie?
Janet
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