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Re: Evaluation: Accessible Interface to YouTube

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From: Randi
Date: Apr 29, 2009 5:10PM

Tom,

Thank you for clearing that up. I will go check it out. I also wanted
to comment that having a search box easily found is nice. I like it at
the top of the screen. Though I suppose some people might browse
through header links and then search if they don't find something.
IDK, but I like it up top. I'll go check it out now.

On 4/29/09, John E. Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Curious project Tom. But I am wondering why you limited the accessibility
> question to only people with visual disabilities.
>
> There are a number of people with hearing disabilities using YT. Many use
> the YT videos to communicate with others via sign language - sort of "sign
> language blogs." Yet, the vast majority of YT content is not captioned,
> transcribed - nor has a signed component.
>
> YT does have the capacity (now) to add captioning and in fact I created a YT
> video with captioning as a test. But when I viewed this video using your
> "accessible YouTube" interface, there was no way to turn the captioning on
> making is thus, less accessible. Is there a way to adapt your system to
> include the captioning if it so exists on a particular YT video?
>
> Good luck with you dissertation.
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> Web Design, Development, Consultation
> Augusta, Maine USA
> www.jebswebs.com
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
>
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