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From: Karen McCall
Date: Sep 6, 2022 9:47AM

I wrote a book a couple of years ago to demonstrate the inaccessibility of multimedia in PDF content. In the source document I had to create a structure of headings to allow those of us using screen readers to get close to the multimedia and then provide instructions on how to locate the player/video and begin playing the video. It was a disaster, even with the additional supports I created.

The videos I used weren't captioned. Typically captions are thought of for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, not those of us who might be deafblind. I think this is a gap in understanding disability and the broad range of disabilities. It also demonstrates that we think of solutions as linear, for a disability, rather than seeing the bigger picture.

I don't use a Braille display so can't answer your question. I don't even know if a screen reader can consistently access captions or subtitles in video content generally, in any environment.

I'll see if I can find any resources on this and get back to you.

Cheers, Karen