WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Does an accessible video player that works correctly in all major browsers exist?

for

From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Jun 3, 2014 3:04PM

Please don't forget that an accessible video or multimedia player should (must/shall?) also be usable with speech recognition software, which for example means that I need to be able to know what the code or spoken command is for each of the player actions (e.g., Start, Stop, Fast-Forward, Increase Or Decrease Volume, Repeat, etc.) the icons either need to be labeled with the text or the needs to be a legend someplace easy to find on the screen. Some of the user speech recognition software is typically sighted , not using keyboard, and probably not using the mouse either. Therefore it is impractical to assume that they can mouse over an image or an icon in order to see what word appears underneath it or at the bottom of the screen or in the command line. For example, if I see it right handed arrow, what I say "click forward" or "click play". On a YouTube video, I haven't a clue as to what to tell the player to Skip Ad.

The player also needs to incorporate Audio-Description - by allowing selection of the AD versus the non-AD version, turn on the AD (if there is 'closed AD'),

http://www.howto.gov/social-media/video/508-compliant-video-guide

Has anyone tried the Workshop http://www.theworkshop.co.uk/project/accessible-video-player?

Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer
10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17
Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop: 4833

(301) 402-3924 Voice, (301) 451-9326 TTY/NTS
(240) 200 5030 Videophone; (301) 402-4464 Fax

NIH Section 508: http://508.nih.gov<;http://508.nih.gov/>;, NIH Section 508 Coordinators list: https://ocio.nih.gov/ITGovPolicy/NIH508/Pages/Section508Coordinators.aspx

NIH Section 508 Team: mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ?subject=Section 508 Help<mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ?subject=Section%20508%20Help> or, for Section 508 Guidance<http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html>;, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html

Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.

what if the first question we asked was, "what is so unique about this situation that it justifies exclusion? instead of, "how much does it cost to make it accessible?