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Comment LC-1077: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Gian Sampson-Wild <gian@tkh.com.au>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Transcripts: Why isn't this at Level 1? Shouldn't the equivalent information be provided at Level 1?

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Move to Level 1; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMA] Discussed in the 08 February 2007 telecon: resolution: accept 1077 as amended - keep 1.2.7 at Level 3 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/02/08-wai-wcag-minutes.html {not-accept} Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jul/0101.html New issue: http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=2330; Resolution: Success criteria 1.2.2, 1.2.3 and 1.2.7 build upon one another. At Level A, SC 1.2.2 can be satisfied either by providing a full text alternative for multimedia or by providing audio description of the video. At level A, multimedia will either have a full text alternative or an audio description. At Level AA, SC 1.2.3 requires an audio description. So multimedia that satisfies level AA either has only an audio description, or both an audio description and a full text alternative. At Level AAA, SC 1.2.7 requires a full text alternative, so at level AAA content will have both an audio description and a full text alternative. Success criterion 1.2.7 is not required at Level A because audio descriptions are usually more effective than transcripts. This is due to the fact that they contain much additional rich audio information from the sounds track and because they allow individuals who are blind the option of viewing the material with other people. Full text descriptions, however, are an option for meeting this guideline at Level A.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)