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Re: - Trusted tester 503.4.1-caption-control 17.E

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From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Dec 6, 2023 8:54AM

Carmen,

Having gone through the training and gotten the Trusted Tester certification this is how I understood that:

On some media players they'll have a gear icon that is on the same level as stop, play, and only upon clicking that gear icon do you reach a branched choice for closed captions or something else like speed or resolution.

It might be helpful to think of those core player controls as heading level two use in documents and web sites. One shouldn't bury the closed caption, audio description and other essential controls in something that is the equivalent of an H3, H4, or H5 depth to utilize.

If you look at Able Player, which Trusted Tester makes use of, then you'll see how the core accessibility controls are within easy, first-level reach rather than having to go through second and third level branches to toggle those on and off.

Vimeo does a horrible job as far as accessibility goes for content creators and users.

YouTube does ok on some accessibility features but still hasn't stepped up despite all of their resources, to add in an audio description option.

Look at the player controls in AblePlayer to guide your best practice standards.

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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