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Re: Evaluation: Accessible Interface to YouTube

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From: D Hubbard
Date: May 3, 2009 6:15PM

Hello,

I'm new to this list so excuse my ignorant questions. Regarding the
accessible interface with youtube, is there something I should have
downloaded to try because I was confused. I thought it would be pretty easy
to use but perhaps I need to try a different search.

On another topic but related, has anyone developed an interface to make
Myspace more accessible? The owner surely doesn't seem too interested in
changing anything.

I'm having some issues and, if any JAWS user wishes to contact me off list,
I'd really appreciate it.

Address at end of message.

Diane Hubbard

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From: "Hadi Rangin" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Evaluation: Accessible Interface to YouTube


> Hi Tom,
>
> It is really a very useful project. Good job.
> Here's a few improvement suggestion to make it even better:
>
> 1. Keep the list of shortcut key assignments on the page when the clip is
> being played.
> 2. Add Volume control buttons (volume up/down) to the controls.
> 3. Add Stop and/or Rewind to beginning/Replay buttons to the controls.
> Note: currently, when the clip is in progress, you can't replay it from
> the
> beginning.
> 4. Optionally it would be great if all the controls were assigned to
> shortcut keys.
> 5. How about Video size options? This might not be a use for screen reader
> users (like myself) but people with motor disability can benefit from it.
>
> Great job. Thank you.
> Hadi
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Jolliffe" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:08 PM
> Subject: [WebAIM] Evaluation: Accessible Interface to YouTube
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I can't claim to be a long-term subscriber, but I'd appreciate a favour
>> if
>> possible. I'm a final-year Computer Science student at Newcastle
>> University
>> and for my dissertation I've been investigating the effect which what we
>> call "Web 2.0" has had on accessibility.
>>
>> As part of this investigation, I've implemented what I think are some
>> good
>> practices, and to demonstrate a number of them working together I've
>> created
>> a somewhat simplified interface for YouTube, which you can find at
>> http://tube.majestyc.net/. It makes use of technologies such as
>> JavaScript,
>> in line with what we can reasonably expect on the web nowadays, but also
>> of
>> things like WAI-ARIA live regions to aid the use of such dynamic
>> scripting.
>> Similarly, the video player uses a Flash object, but controlled by
>> JavaScript firing from standard HTML buttons, instead of using buttons
>> integrated into the Flash object itself.
>>
>> In order to evaluate what real-world users think, I've set up an online
>> questionnaire, available at the horrible address of
>> http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/128706/accessible-youtube, and via TinyURL
>> at
>> http://tinyurl.com/aiyt-eval. It's built using the website Survey Gizmo
>> and,
>> while it's not exactly perfect from an accessibility perspective, it's a
>> pretty clean page and after a quick run-through myself with JAWS I didn't
>> find too many glaring problems. I'd have liked to have built a system
>> myself, but unfortunately simply haven't had time.
>>
>> Some people have questioned my use of YouTube, given that many of the
>> site's
>> intended audience will have visual impairments. However, not only is it a
>> good demonstration of multimedia on the web, I don't think we shouldn't
>> dismiss a video site outright. So many users are partially sighted, and
>> the
>> impact of YouTube across the web - and, arguably, society - has been
>> enormous. And, let's not forget, it provides audio as well as video.
>>
>> Many thanks in anticipation of your responses, every single one is
>> greatly
>> appreciated. I am running somewhat behind schedule, so I'm looking to
>> gather
>> as many responses as possible in the next few days. If anyone knows of a
>> good place to post this, let me know, or feel free to simply quote this
>> message.
>>
>> There's a link on the 'Thanks' page to email me if you'd like to see an
>> electronic copy of my dissertation when it's finished, but anyone
>> (questionnaire or no questionnaire) is welcome to email me directly and
>> I'll
>> add you to the list.
>>
>> Once again, you can find the site at http://tube.majestyc.net/ and the
>> questionnaire at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/128706/accessible-youtube
>> (or,
>> if you trust a TinyURL link, at http://tinyurl.com/aiyt-eval).
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>> Tom
>>
>>