Enhancing Web 2.0 Accessibility Via AxsJAX: A Tutorial at Google – Charles L….

thebarr
#1. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Subtitles please!

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bitter57
#3. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

it’s because you are a german vorzugsschüler. sehr brav. setzen.

muneca540
#4. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

It would be better if everything he said would be typed as he spoke. its not bad, its just some words that he says with an accent and its not understandable.

nashixe
#5. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

The question is of degree. Linguistic categories for mutual intelligibility in speech range from accent > dialect > languages, where only extremely divergent dialects (not classified into languages due to low number of speakers) and languages are considered mutually unintelligible. Accents by definition, are accents because they are the same language and can be understood by speakers of that language. The argument for not understanding a different language simply does not apply here.

joshig1983
#6. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Is it offensive to say that I don’t understand Spanish for the same reason? Must I know all languages of the world and all accents to be a moral person? Or is it only a requirement that I don’t mention my inability to understand someone’s foreign language or strong accent? It seems like some people are just oversensitive or paranoid of being seen as culturally intolerant. When something doesn’t make sense, it shouldn’t be a moral issue to say so.

nashixe
#7. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Google may not be above criticism. But accents are representative of a geographical background and criticizing them is like criticizing people for being born or growing up in a particular place. That’s the reason why it is not appreciated.

joshig1983
#8. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Access to all he is saying is impossible to me in a completely quiet room. I’m sure deaf people would have even more trouble accessing what he is saying. Communication is two-way. Listening is only half of it. Maybe you should open your mind to the possibility that an accent can be so strong that it becomes inaccessible. I’ve had many foreign professors and no one as unclear as that. Maybe accents or Google presenters are supposed to be above criticism.

joshig1983
#9. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

If you could type out what he said, that would be helpful.

nashixe
#10. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Accessibility applies to people for whom gaining access to information(etc.)is impossible in reasonable environments. Maybe you should open your mind a little and try to grasp foreign accents – it isn’t that difficult unless you are suffering from a severe cognitive disability. Demanding an elevator to go 3 steps because you’re too lazy to get off your a***, isn’t a demand for accessibility – it’s just pathetic.

TheatricalMarketer
#11. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

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phpboxxx
#12. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

hey i am egerman and i have no problems to udnerstand the indian guy. Big deal.

joshig1983
#13. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

You are just trying to be nice by denying the obvious problem. I can’t follow everything the Indian guy was saying. I guess as much interest as there supposedly was in accessibility, the presentation doesn’t have a transcript. The deaf users are out of luck. The English speakers that have trouble with strong accents also are out of luck.

qwertie2345
#14. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Try going to University and understanding foreign professors – both of their grasps of the English language is great.

kairherous
#15. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

it is easy to uppload a long film, but it takes time

rucky544
#16. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Google owns YouTube… I guess they can do what they like.
Going to spend time looking into this AxsJAX.
I want one of those T-shirts!

Cooliomatic
#17. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

how did he upload a more than an hour long video?

Josephwarr
#18. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

this is long

joshig1983
#19. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

They should improve the presentation’s accessibility to English speakers. lol Is there a transcript?

useforum
#20. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Funny accent

duenneswasser
#21. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Nice example for barrierfree pages!

PhilTeare
#22. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Nice talk guys. I want one of those t-shirts!

SleeplessDad
#23. October 13th, 2009, at 2:28 PM.

Thanks for taking the time to show us this