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Re: Best Possible Audio Description

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Jul 27, 2021 1:16PM

Hello,
What's the difference between a video player and an audio player when
you're blind? The video player controls are more familiar, that's all.
Sometimes, when doing presentations, or when I want to share the video with
sighted users, then the video component becomes more useful. But I don't
know if a video is a video unless I hear "video player", "youtube player"
or something similar.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 12:10 PM Peter Shikli < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Tim's comment about the blind preferring to use video players puts an
> unexpected hole in our plans to deliver the best possible audio
> description. This then becomes a call to the blind, not just the legally
> blind who are visually impaired, to let me know what the blind can gain
> from a video player when they are consuming the video content by themselves
> -- as compared to a proper audio description as a separate mp3 file.
>
> I hope no one is offended by the question, but I need this understanding
> to better serve the needs of the totally blind.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter Shikli
> Access2online Inc.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> From: "Tim Harshbarger" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: 7/27/21 7:34 AM
> To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >, "'Peter
> Shikli'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Best Possible Audio Description
>
> I feel like I should maybe try to clear up a possible misconception.
>
> Based on my personal experience, people who are blind use video players
> all the time. I frequently (almost on a daily basis) receive YouTube links
> from people who are blind. Additionally, I myself am totally blind (with no
> vision or light perception) and "watch" videos every day. It is rare that I
> watch a video with someone who is sighted. In fact, the only video I watch
> right now with anyone sighted is "Ted Lasso" with my brother on Fridays
> since we both are fans and it makes a great way to end a work week.
>
> By the way, no offense is taken about anything previously written. I just
> want to clarify any potential misconception that people who are blind might
> not be frequent consumers of video content as well.
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
>