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Applies whenever SMIL 1.0 player is available
This technique relates to:
The objective of this technique is to provide a way for people who are blind or otherwise have trouble seeing the video in audio-visual material to be able to access the material. With this technique a description of the video is provided via audio description that will fit into the gaps in the dialogue in the audio-visual material.
Example Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<smil xmlns:qt="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/smilextensions"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-smil" qt:time-slider="true">
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout background-color="black" height="266" width="320"/>
<region id="videoregion" background-color="black" top="26" left="0"
height="144" width="320"/>
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<par>
<video dur="0:01:20.00" region="videoregion" src="salesdemo.mov"
alt="Sales Demo"/>
<audio dur="0:01:20.00" src="salesdemo_ad.mp3"
alt="Sales Demo Audio Description"/>
</par>
</body>
</smil> Example Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-smil">
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout background-color="black" height="266" width="320"/>
<region id="videoregion" background-color="black" top="26" left="0"
height="144" width="320"/>
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<par>
<video src="salesdemo.mov" region="videoregion" title="Sales Demo"
alt="Sales Demo"/>
<audio src="salesdemo_ad.mp3" title="audio description"
alt="Sales Demo Audio Description"/>
</par>
</body>
</smil>Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.
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