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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Aug 21, 2013 8:09AM

Here are some links that may help.

Accessible HTML5 Media Players and More Web Axe
http://www.webaxe.org/accessible-html5-media-players-and-more/

Accessibility and the YouTube Players Terrill Thompson
http://terrillthompson.com/blog/44

Embedded YouTube Test (Updated)
http://terrillthompson.com/tests/youtube2.html

nomensa-Accessible-Media-Player ยท GitHub
https://github.com/nomensa/Accessible-Media-Player


At 01:01 AM 8/21/2013, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>Has anyone done an analysis of the accessibility
>of media players, such as Vimeo, Vzzar, YouTube,
>etc.? I'm sure it isn't a straightforward answer
>but if anyone can give me any pointers it would be much appreciated.
>Of course, when I say accessible I mean support
>for access with the keyboard and assistive
>technologies, but also support for captions and audio description.
>Thank you.
>Regards,
>Chetz
>
>
>Dr Chetz Colwell
>Learning & Teaching Development Team & co-chair
>of H810 Accessible online learning: supporting disabled students
>(http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/h810.htm)
>
>Institute of Educational Technology
>The Open University
>Walton Hall
>Milton Keynes
>MK7 6AA
>01908 655772
>
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>
>
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