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Comment LC-847: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Joe Clark 2 <joeclark@joeclark.org>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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From http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2006May/0119.html

label
text, image, or sound that is presented to a user to identify a component within Web content

Apparently it's possible to label something solely with a sound. Doesn't a sound, like an image, then require a text equivalent? Don't you always end up with text? And doesn't this ban the use of video or multimedia as a label? I'm not proposing such a thing, but it seems no less palatable than using an image or a sound as a label.; Related issues: 752
(space separated ids); WG Notes: [EDITORZ] voiceXML rationale? check with Christophe Christophe (17 July 2006): I see no problem for VoiceXML, because VoiceXML 2.0 allows developers to provide text alternatives for prerecorded sound (this is probably not possible for sound that the user speaks and which is then played back to him, but this type of sound would probably not be used as a label). Discussed in the 20 July 2006 telecon: Resolution: refered back to editors. http://www.w3.org/2006/07/20-wai-wcag-minutes.html Should image be allowed? How is "label" used in our guidelines (1.1.1 and 2.4.5) NOTE: Label is used in two ways - in 1.1.1 it calls for "text labels" which seems to imply that labels can be more than text - in 2.4.5 is simply says that labels should be descriptive. - the glossary definition of NAME is name text by which software can identify a component within Web content to the user Note: The name may be hidden and only exposed by assistive technology, whereas a label is presented even without assistive technology. In many (but not all) cases, the label is a display of the name. Discussed in the 17 August 2006 telecon: resolution: unanimous consent to accept the following proposals from the Editorz: LC-847, LC-849, LC-850, LC-1006, LC-987, LC-936, LC-890, LC-852 resolution: unanimous consent to accept the following proposals from Team C: LC-1047, LC-1082, LC-1089, LC-1116, LC-1117, LC-1196, LC-1326 resolution: unanimous consent to accept the following proposals from Team B: LC-1127 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/08/17-wai-wcag-minutes.htm {accept} DONE Replace "image, or sound " with "or other component with a text alternative," and add "Note: See also [name]; Resolution: Thanks for catching. "Sound" shouldn't be there and was removed. And labels are not limited to text and images. It now reads: label text, or other component with a text alternative, that is presented to a user to identify a component within Web content Note: See also [name].; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)