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From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500)
Date: Fri, Jul 30 2010 10:06AM
Subject: Embedded Youtube videos
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Hi again,

I have run across more and more instances of people embedding Youtube videos into their Web pages, via a bit of Flash. Though there are helpful controls such as play/pause, volume, mute, and seek, some of the buttons are not labeled. There also seems to be some unrendered code showing.
Somehow, this just doesn't sound extremely accessible or Section 508 compliant to me, though it does provide for some helpful user controls

My first recommendation to a colleague wishing to include some videos was to simply provide a URL to each Youtube video rather than having them display within their Web page. They're pretty dead-set on having the video on their page, so is there perhaps a better way to do this?

Unfortunately, my colleague's page is not publicly available. However, I found one example, on a page showing a video demo of a Pac-Man game. If you visit the URL, you will find a Youtube flash object like the one I'm referring to.
http://pacman.com/en/games/pc/download-pac-man-pizza-parlor-pc-game

thanks, and have a great weekend.

Courtney

From: Ro
Date: Fri, Jul 30 2010 10:09AM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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Several of the blogs I follow embed the video but then also include a
direct link. So it satisfies both sighties and screenreader users.
That might be an option. Kinda like hidden text messages to us.

~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden

http://raynaadi.blogspot.com/

On Jul 30, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500) wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I have run across more and more instances of people embedding
> Youtube videos into their Web pages, via a bit of Flash. Though
> there are helpful controls such as play/pause, volume, mute, and
> seek, some of the buttons are not labeled. There also seems to be
> some unrendered code showing.
> Somehow, this just doesn't sound extremely accessible or Section 508
> compliant to me, though it does provide for some helpful user controls
>
> My first recommendation to a colleague wishing to include some
> videos was to simply provide a URL to each Youtube video rather than
> having them display within their Web page. They're pretty dead-set
> on having the video on their page, so is there perhaps a better way
> to do this?
>
> Unfortunately, my colleague's page is not publicly available.
> However, I found one example, on a page showing a video demo of a
> Pac-Man game. If you visit the URL, you will find a Youtube flash
> object like the one I'm referring to.
> http://pacman.com/en/games/pc/download-pac-man-pizza-parlor-pc-game
>
> thanks, and have a great weekend.
>
> Courtney
>

From: Sandy
Date: Sat, Jul 31 2010 11:45AM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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>> My first recommendation to a colleague wishing to include some
>> videos was to simply provide a URL to each Youtube video rather than
>> having them display within their Web page. They're pretty dead-set
>> on having the video on their page, so is there perhaps a better way
>> to do this?

My colleague Pete Bevin and I took a run at coming up with an accessible
youTube player a while ago. It can be embedded in a page.

Please take a look at

http://sandyfeldman.com/resources/ytplayer/index.shtml

I would be delighted if you found it useful.

Sandy

From: deblist
Date: Sun, Aug 01 2010 11:57AM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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Sandy, I found your accessible player to be one of the best embeddable accessible players I've ever used (from a keyboard management perspective). What do you recommend for making it easy for people to use themselves? It looks like right now you're just making scripts available. If people wanted this to be something more widely used, do you have any intention of packaging it up to make it easier for non-coders?

-deborah

From: Sandy
Date: Sun, Aug 01 2010 12:36PM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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> Sandy, I found your accessible player to be one of the best embeddable
> accessible players I've ever used (from a keyboard management
> perspective). What do you recommend for making it easy for people to use
> themselves? It looks like right now you're just making scripts
> available. If people wanted this to be something more widely used, do
> you have any intention of packaging it up to make it easier for non-coders?

Deborah, thanks so much!

I can't think how to make it easier for non-coders, but I am going to
tackle making it easier for coders. Some time soon I will post some
step-by-step instructions, and I will let you know.

If anyone has a good idea for making this work for non-coders please let
me know.

thanks,
Sandy

From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy
Date: Mon, Aug 02 2010 7:27AM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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Thank you Sandy; how does one go about using your accessible player?

Cindy Poore-Pariseau
Disability Specialist
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA
508-678-2811 x 2470
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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Mon, Aug 02 2010 7:54AM
Subject: Re: Embedded Youtube videos
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Hi Sandy,

I notice that your player controls are accessible to non-javascript users.
Would the player still work if the controls were javascript-created? If so,
I think it makes for a very fine and genuinely accessible player.

Steven

From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Tue, Aug 03 2010 8:39AM
Subject: Re: Embedded YouTube videos
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Hi, Sandy,

Have you used any types of speech recognition software to access and use your YouTube player, or heard of anyone who has? I'm not a screen reader user, personally (though I do for work), but I do use Dragon naturally Speaking and find embedded videos impossible to start/view.

Thanks!

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From: deblist
Date: Tue, Aug 03 2010 8:42AM
Subject: Re: Embedded YouTube videos
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Gary Morin wrote:
> Have you used any types of speech recognition software to access and use your YouTube player, or heard of anyone who has? I'm not a screen reader user, personally (though I do for work), but I do use Dragon naturally Speaking and find embedded videos impossible to start/view.

Gary,

I am a NaturallySpeaking user and I successfully used Sandy's
embedded player. It worked very well by just saying "press tab
key" and the like.

-deborah

From: Sandy
Date: Tue, Aug 03 2010 11:48AM
Subject: Re: Embedded YouTube videos
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> I am a NaturallySpeaking user and I successfully used Sandy's
> embedded player. It worked very well by just saying "press tab
> key" and the like.

Deborah - that's great! I am really happy to hear that.

Sandy