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Re: accessible youtube player that has a "show captions" option

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From: Sandy
Date: Aug 26, 2011 10:09AM

> You should be able to set the captions to play by default, but as you
> suggest, you can not turn them on or off from the API provided.
>
> Check out the JWPlayer. It's pretty good and will play YouTube videos.
> http://www.longtailvideo.com/players
>
> The most accessible one I have found is the JWPlayer Controller. (a dojo
> wrapper around the JWPlayer)
> http://wac.osu.edu/examples/jwpc/
>
> But both these are restricted by the API into YouTube and can not control
> the CC button.


Donald, thanks!