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Re: New (accessible) Vimeo player

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From: Whitney Quesenbery
Date: Jan 25, 2014 9:11AM

I wonder if there are variations by platform on the focus. I can see focus
on Mac/Chrome, but it's not as strongly highlighted as I'd think it needs
to be.

Whitney Quesenbery
www.wqusability.com | @whitneyq

Books:

- A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User
Experiences<http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/>;
- Storytelling for User
Experience<http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling>;
- Global UX: Design and research in a connected
world<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/012378591X/>;




On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:41 PM, <EMAIL REMOVED> <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The improvements are to be applauded, but one major problem is the lack of
> visible keyboard focus on the player controls. Until that’s fixed, I
> wouldn’t say it has “full keyboard navigation and WCAG2AA support”.
>
>
> Jason Kiss
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.accessibleculture.org
>
>
>
>
> On 25/01/2014, at 7:14 am, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > It worked well when I tested it with VoiceOver on OS X and iOS. It would
> be great if they’d add a checkbox on their advanced search to filter
> results that have closed captions.
> >
> >
> > Paul J. Adam
> > Accessibility Evangelist
> > www.deque.com
> >
> > On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Whitney Quesenbery < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> >
> >> Vimeo has just announced that their new player has been released. It's
> in
> >> HTML 5 and the announcement says:
> >>
> >> Fully Accessible
> >> We doubled down on accessibility, with full keyboard navigation and
> WCAG2AA
> >> support, and better support for screen readers.
> >>
> >> Closed captions & subtitles support!
> >> Just go to your video’s settings page, upload your caption file, and it
> >> will be available in the player. They’re supported in all desktop
> players,
> >> Mobile Safari on iOS 7, Chrome on Android tablets, and Kindle Fire, for
> >> now. We’re working hard to bring them to other platforms and devices as
> >> soon as we can.
> >>
> >> Full announcement with an example of the player on the page:
> >> http://vimeo.com/blog/post:606
> >>
> >>
> >> More about captions and subtitles:
> >> https://vimeo.com/help/faq/managing-your-videos/captions-and-subtitles
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried it out?
> >>
> >>
> >> Whitney Quesenbery
> >> www.wqusability.com | @whitneyq
> >>
> >> Books:
> >>
> >> - A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User
> >> Experiences<http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/>;
> >> - Storytelling for User
> >> Experience<http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling>;
> >> - Global UX: Design and research in a connected
> >> world<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/012378591X/>;
> >> > >> > >> > >
> > > > > > >
> > > >