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# a list of required and actual existing software for video accessibility
# a list of required and actual existing software for video accessibility
# proposed accessibility formats for the future.
# proposed accessibility formats for the future.
== Getting involved ==
The main discussions about this will happen on the [[http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility Xiph accessibility mailing list]] mainly because this is an inherently technical problem to solve. However, it needs as much breadth of input as possible, in particular from disabled people of varying grades.
The outcome of the analysis will be collected here and invarious sub-pages.
== Subpages ==
A first discussion on captioning is available [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Captioning_Work_Plan here].
[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Video_Codecs Background on Ogg Theora and codecs in general].




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This lack of standards around video accessibility is what the video accessibility work is about. The first focus in on how to best provide captions through Ogg. Subtitles for i18n, audio annotations for the blind, the inclusion of sign language video, transcripts, scripts, story boards, karaoke, metadata, and semantic annotations all somehow fall into the broader aim of making video generally more accessible for people of all abilities and disabilities.
This lack of standards around video accessibility is what the video accessibility work is about. The first focus in on how to best provide captions through Ogg. Subtitles for i18n, audio annotations for the blind, the inclusion of sign language video, transcripts, scripts, story boards, karaoke, metadata, and semantic annotations all somehow fall into the broader aim of making video generally more accessible for people of all abilities and disabilities.
== Concrete Works ==
A first discussion on captioning is available [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Captioning_Work_Plan here].
[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Video_Codecs Background on Ogg Theora and codecs in general].

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