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Accessibility for the HTML5 <video> element

Published: 20 April 2009 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe existing implementations for putting subtitles and captions alongside the HTML5 <video> tag inside Web pages and a proposal for standardizing such approaches, which will make them interoperable and easier to be processed by automated tools. Since video and audio are fundamental data types that any Web user will want to make use of nowadays -- if young or old -- if impaired or not -- a standard means of providing accessibility to such fundamental data types is of utmost importance as part of the standardization process of the <video> and <audio> tags. The proposal is an outcome of a Mozilla grant and of extensive discussions within the Xiph accessibility group. Ideas discussed on the WHATWG mailing list have also been taken into account. Standardization work for this is ongoing.

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W4A '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)
April 2009
189 pages
ISBN:9781605585611
DOI:10.1145/1535654
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  • The Mozilla Foundation
  • Google Inc.
  • Microsoft: Microsoft
  • Zakon Group

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Published: 20 April 2009

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  1. captions
  2. subtitles
  3. video accessibility
  4. web video

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  • (2019)A Metric to Assess the Readability of Video Closed Captions for the Persons With Low Literacy SkillsThe Computer Journal10.1093/comjnl/bxz074Online publication date: 10-Sep-2019
  • (2019)AuDIVAMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-019-7363-478:14(20005-20018)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2019
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