WEBVTT NOTE The W3C TTWG was rewarded with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its Timed Text Mark-up Language (TTML1) in category [Standardization and Pioneering Development of Non-Live Broadband Captioning], on 8 January 2016 at the Belagio in Las Vegas. c1 00:02.000 --> 00:05.000 Heard on the World Wide Web is a world wide organisation c2 00:05.100 --> 00:12.000 the World Wide Web Consortium , known as W3C. It serves as a standards resource for people developing on the Web. c3 00:12.100 --> 00:21.000 Please welcome the Interaction Domain Lead for W3C, Philippe Le Hegaret. c4 00:33.000 --> 00:33.900 Good evening. c5 00:34.000 --> 00:43.000 366 million people worldwide have a disabling hearing loss according to the World Health Organization. c6 00:43.150 --> 00:48.000 Our organization, the World Wide Web Consortium, known as W3C, c7 00:48.150 --> 00:53.000 is working on the technology standards to ensure that the Web is accessible to everyone. c8 00:53.150 --> 00:55.300 This is one of the many areas we've been working on. c9 00:55.400 --> 01:05.000 Today, the Web and TV have converged, and we are working on technologies to bridge the Web and TV environments. c10 01:05.150 --> 01:09.800 W3C Timed Text Markup Language standard, called TTML, c11 01:10.000 --> 01:20.900 enables people who are deaf or are hard of hearing to understand the audio portion of the video content, using captioning text. c12 01:21.000 --> 01:29.000 For international audiences, TTML enables subtitles, again for the audio portion of the video content. c13 01:29.100 --> 01:32.000 So, on behalf of the World Wide Web Consortium, c14 01:32.100 --> 01:38.900 I would like to thank the Academy for recognizing the work of the W3C on the TTML standard. c15 01:39.000 --> 01:45.500 I would of course also like to thank the individuals of the TTML Working Group, some of whom are with me tonight, c16 01:45.600 --> 01:58.000 and the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative for their technical work, to help make Web video content more accessible to everyone, around the world. c17 01:58.100 --> 01:59.500 Thank you.