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Comment LC-792: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Joe Clark 1 <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/0120.html

Providing closed captions using any readily-available media format that has a video player that is free of charge and supports closed captioning

Funny... Jaws isn't free. Why are we restricted to the usage of free players when accessibility software in other contexts is expensive?; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMA] Solutions are not restricted to this technique. This is not a requirement but just one of several techniques that the working group deemed sufficient. Interesting point regarding free though. BBC: Suggest that cost here is a baseline issue. Discussed in the 03 August 2006 telecon: Resolution: Accept team a survey items which has unanimous consent: LC-603, LC-792, LC-854, LC-940, LC-1062, LC-1164, LC-1224 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/08/03-wai-wcag-minutes.html {agreed} DONE revise item 3 from SC 1.2.4 to read, "G9: Creating captions for live multimedia AND G87: Providing closed captions USING any readily available media format that has a video player that supports closed captioning" DONE revise item 3 from sufficient techniques of 1.2.1 to read, G87: Providing closed captions USING any readily available media format that has a video player that supports closed captioning Internal WD updated 24 August.; Resolution: We have removed, "is free of charge and" from item 3 of SC 1.2.4; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)