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From: Julius Charles Serrano
Date: Mon, Sep 24 2012 5:12PM
Subject: accessing Youtube video controls in Firefox
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Hi everyone.
I'm having a problem accessing the video controls in Youtube using my
screen reader.
I'm using Firefox 15, and I have installed the latest version of Flash
Player.
When trying to access the video controls, JAWS says:
"Flash start
flash end"
while NVDA says:
"embedded object unavailable"
When I use IE, both JAWS and NVDA can read the video controls e.g. Play,
mute. But I nonetheless prefer to use Firefox.
I'd appreciate any suggestions you could give.
Thank you very much.
Julius
From: Kornbrot, Diana
Date: Tue, Sep 25 2012 1:28AM
Subject: Re: accessing Youtube video controls in Firefox
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Firefox does have its own screen reader that can be installed as plugin
Best
Diana
On 25/09/2012 00:12, "Julius Charles Serrano" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
Hi everyone.
I'm having a problem accessing the video controls in Youtube using my
screen reader.
I'm using Firefox 15, and I have installed the latest version of Flash
Player.
When trying to access the video controls, JAWS says:
"Flash start
flash end"
while NVDA says:
"embedded object unavailable"
When I use IE, both JAWS and NVDA can read the video controls e.g. Play,
mute. But I nonetheless prefer to use Firefox.
I'd appreciate any suggestions you could give.
Thank you very much.
Julius
Emeritus Professor Diana Kornbrot
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From: Ken Petri
Date: Tue, Sep 25 2012 8:34AM
Subject: Re: accessing Youtube video controls in Firefox
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Hi Julius,
YouTube allows you to prefer the HTML5 player over the Flash player. You
might give that a try, since the controls for the player will be HTML
controls rather than Flash.
To enable the HTML5 player as your default, make sure you are logged in to
your YouTube account and then go to http://www.youtube.com/html5 and Join
the HTML5 Trail. It may take logging out then logging back in or restarting
your browser for the HTML5 controls/video to load.
ken
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Program Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:28 AM, Kornbrot, Diana
< = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >wrote:
> Firefox does have its own screen reader that can be installed as plugin
> Best
> Diana
>
>
> On 25/09/2012 00:12, "Julius Charles Serrano" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I'm having a problem accessing the video controls in Youtube using my
> screen reader.
>
> I'm using Firefox 15, and I have installed the latest version of Flash
> Player.
>
> When trying to access the video controls, JAWS says:
> "Flash start
> flash end"
>
> while NVDA says:
> "embedded object unavailable"
>
> When I use IE, both JAWS and NVDA can read the video controls e.g. Play,
> mute. But I nonetheless prefer to use Firefox.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions you could give.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Julius
> > > >
>
>
> > Emeritus Professor Diana Kornbrot
> email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> web: http://dianakornbrot.wordpress.com/
> Work
> Department of Psychology
> School of Life and Medical Sciences
> University of Hertfordshire
> College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK
> voice: +44 (0) 170 728 4626
> fax: +44 (0) 170 728 5073
> Home
> 19 Elmhurst Avenue
> London N2 0LT, UK
> voice: +44 (0) 208 444 2081
> mobile: +44 (0) 740 318 1612
> fax: +44 (0) 870 706 1445
> >
>
>
>
> > > >
>
>
From: Julius Charles Serrano
Date: Tue, Sep 25 2012 3:45PM
Subject: Re: accessing Youtube video controls in Firefox
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Thank you for your suggestions, Diana and Ken.
Julius