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From: Jim Allan
Date: May 28, 2009 8:55AM

Did some rooting around. YouTube is using this
http://s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/subtitle_module-vfl99400.swf which I opened in
Flash CS4 and poked around in the debugger. I don't know much about Flash,
but I did not see any overt declaration of base caption/subtitle size.
Perhaps someone who knows more can find it.


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Terrill Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:46 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] YouTube caption fonts

The keyboard shortcuts are documented here:
http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about

This is quotable: "While you can choose a caption track in the sub-menu, you
can also control captions with various keyboard short-cuts." Its true you
can control the size (with + and -) and background (with B) of the caption
text, but as far as I can tell Jim there's no keyboard shortcut for toggling
the captions off/on. The caption icon doesn't receive tab focus in either
IE7 or IE8.

Re-reading my original post, I see that I didn't really express that as a
question, but there is one in there. I'm wondering: How did the folks at
YouTube attain such a large default font on their captioned video?

Thanks,
Terrill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Allan [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:47 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED> ; 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] YouTube caption fonts
>
> A great feature.
> I tested with IE8, I can tab to the video, and access/operate all
> controls
> EXCEPT the caption button to turn on/off or select languages. When any
> of
> the buttons has focus the = and - keys also function to
> increase/decrease
> the size of the captions.
>
> Also tested with FF3. No keyboard access to the video. A known bug.
>
> Anyone been able to get to the CC button with the keyboard in IE8?
>
>
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Terrill
> Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:51 PM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: [WebAIM] YouTube caption fonts
>
> Anyone adding captions to YouTube videos? YouTube's video that they
> used to
> launch this feature has a really large font:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRS8MkLhQmM
>
> I know the user can increase font size with the + key (after clicking
> on the
> media player to give it focus). However, this particular YouTube video
> has a
> larger default font than any others I've seen, and when if I increase
> it to
> +3 (the maximum allowed), that is larger than +3 on other captioned
> videos.
>
> I've tried a larger value for [size] in the [subtitle] section of my
> subViewer file, as documented here:
> http://wiki.videolan.org/SubViewer
>
> However, that has no effect.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terrill Thompson
> Technology Accessibility Specialist
> DO-IT, Accessible Technology
> UW Technology Services
> University of Washington
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 206/221-4168
>
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