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From: Sarah Jevnikar
Date: Mar 29, 2018 11:39AM

Hi there,
I don't have any knowledge of the platforms you referred to, but I've found YouTube's native player to be pretty accessible in terms of standard navigation. I can't speak to Vimeo accessibility. I found this guide on how to add captions to both YouTube and Vimeo videos which you might find helpful - https://mediaaccess.org.au/web/how-to-caption-a-youtube-video
But it looks like the two player options you suggested are the only way to get decent audio description.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Sarah



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