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Re: Accessible YouTube embedded player?

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Sep 3, 2014 12:36PM

if you find a way please let me know. i am vary frustrated by this.
currently i am telling people to put a statement on there page with the
link to the you tube preference setting to make it the default. and asking
them to remind users that it is by browser not user.!! I find this a roil
pain lucy


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Christopher M Kelly <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to forces the HTML5 player to be used when a
> YouTube video is embedded in a webpage? I need to either force that or
> embed some other WCAG 2.0 compliant player for embedded videos hosted on
> YouTube.
>
> Christopher M. Kelly (GM22)
> Accessibility Specialist - Digital Accessibility DC10
> Cell: 309-824-1646 (Call or text)
>
> Questions about DXS007 or accessibility? Check the DXS007 Accessibility
> Forum<https://s.f/a11yforum> and post your questions.
>
> Making accessible apps and websites is like putting ramps and wide
> doorways on a building; it's easier to do when you first build it, than to
> tear it apart and fix it later...
>
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Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
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