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Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by anigbrowl »

Guidii wrote: post #2

The linked article doesn't give a lot of detail on the specific complaints or what you would need to do to make those sites accessible. Do you have any information on that?

Near the end: unless this requirement is met, there will be a need to add subtitles to all video clips in all of the courses

This doesn't seem like an onerous requirement to me. There is a variety of both commercial and free tools to automate that process, and while it would involve some effort in proofreading and uploading the subtitle data, that represents at most a few days of labor.

Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by ceejayoz »

josephcsible wrote: post #38
BitwiseFool wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There needs to be a system where accessibility issues can be raised and addressed without allowing attorneys to profiteer from the system.

The problem isn't that attorneys can profiteer. The problem is that if you spend a bunch of time and money to make available a public resource that you're not making any money off of, you shouldn't be forced to choose between spending way more money on it or taking it away from everyone.

> you shouldn't be forced to choose between spending way more money on it or taking it away from everyone...

The unfortunate end result of that is certain segments of the population treated as second-class citizens.

Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by josephcsible »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #41

Quoted post unavailable.

That's not true, though. If it were true, he'd add DRM or something to his videos to prevent them from using their own auto-captioning services, rather than just not spending a boatload of money on captioning them for them.

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Post by manfre »

Our_Benefactors wrote: post #6
sgt wrote: post #3

Sounds like someone giving up way too early.

It’s like saying you’re going to stop development of a new product because patent trolls exist.

Not simply existing, but targeting you directly. Big difference.

Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

twblalock wrote: post #37
BitwiseFool wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There needs to be a system where accessibility issues can be raised and addressed without allowing attorneys to profiteer from the system.

Why, so the arbitrators of that system can profit instead? And so the people who appoint them can profit from having such a lucrative power?

So that your website is accessible, it's an odd question.

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Post by Xylakant »

pwinnski wrote: post #13

"Thanks to [a lack of subtitles on all of my videos], I [choose] to delete my websites" rather than add subtitles.

It’s their content, offered for free. It would be great if they would add subtitles, but it’s asking them to invest extra labor or money to do so - for free again. I mourn the loss of the content, but I understand their decision.

Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by throwaway4837 »

This is like saying you can't post a poster on a bulletin board if it doesn't follow a specific format. These laws make no sense and are a perfect example of out-of-touch policy. It should be my prerogative as to whether or not I care about the disabled market. I _should_ care if I'm a good person, but it shouldn't prevent me from being able to serve other markets.

Re: Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites

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Post by anigbrowl »

cptskippy wrote: post #25
synthpop wrote: post #17

Not much of a description of the new accessibility requirements, so I don't think people can have much insight about what exactly broke down here. I'm guessing if a website has more than 500 viewers/visitors a month, it's required that the videos must be captioned? Couldn't this guy just hire a professional captioning service or offer transcripts to users that may need it? This all seems a bit dramatic from the guy,…

> Couldn't this guy just hire a professional captioning service or offer transcripts to users that may need it? Yes, and that is neither cheap or easy.

Whisper is free and classroom instruction should be a breeze and require little correction, as there likely isn't much background noise or music.

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Post by incone123 »

5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #48
pwinnski wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His videos aren't subtitled, and are required to include subtitles.

What if you used excerpts from Shakespeare for subtitles, regardless of the video's actual content?

Then they wouldn't be subtitles.
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