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Comment (including rationale for proposed change):
The National Confederation of Deaf Persons of Spain (CNSE)have requested to us that we support to obtain an improvement in the accessibility for the deaf people.
Being conscious of the differences between the languages of signs worldwide and the lack of equivalence with the languages spoken in each country, we considered that some reasonable advances by means of the following changes could be included.
Proposed Change:
1.1.2 For prerecorded sound of spoken language provide sign language interpretation equivalent.
Guideline 1.1 requires "text" alternatives for non-text content. Sign language is not text. At some point in the future, if assistive technology is developed that can produce a sign language version of text content, then success criterion 1.1.1 will ensure that the text alternative for audio content is available. In addition, success criterion 3.1.5 includes a (future) technique on providing sign language versions of content ("Providing sign language versions of information, ideas, and processes that must be understood in order to use the content").
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$Date: 2007/05/17 13:52:57 $ $Author: bcaldwel $