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From: Rosemarie Punzalan
Date: Thu, Mar 29 2018 7:22AM
Subject: Accessible video player
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Hello All.

I'd like to embed a video from YouTube and/or Vimeo on a website - both
intranet and public. I want an accessible video player that has the ability
to navigate in and out of the player via keyboard as well as support for
both captioning and audio descriptions. While researching Oz Player and
Able Player came up from the top results. Has anyone used either of these?
If so, would be great if you can share your experience. OR are there other
methods I can use?

Thanks inn advance for your response.

Rosemarie


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*Rosemarie Punzalan*
Digital Accessibility Coordinator

*City of Los Angeles | **Department on Disability*
201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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From: Sarah Jevnikar
Date: Thu, Mar 29 2018 11:39AM
Subject: Re: Accessible video player
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Hi there,
I don't have any knowledge of the platforms you referred to, but I've found YouTube's native player to be pretty accessible in terms of standard navigation. I can't speak to Vimeo accessibility. I found this guide on how to add captions to both YouTube and Vimeo videos which you might find helpful - https://mediaaccess.org.au/web/how-to-caption-a-youtube-video
But it looks like the two player options you suggested are the only way to get decent audio description.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Sarah



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Hello All.

I'd like to embed a video from YouTube and/or Vimeo on a website - both intranet and public. I want an accessible video player that has the ability to navigate in and out of the player via keyboard as well as support for both captioning and audio descriptions. While researching Oz Player and Able Player came up from the top results. Has anyone used either of these?
If so, would be great if you can share your experience. OR are there other methods I can use?

Thanks inn advance for your response.

Rosemarie


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*Rosemarie Punzalan*
Digital Accessibility Coordinator

*City of Los Angeles | **Department on Disability*
201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Voice: (213) 202-2759
Fax: (213) 202-2715
Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =

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From: L Snider
Date: Thu, Mar 29 2018 4:19PM
Subject: Re: Accessible video player
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Hi Rosemarie,

Both are good products. I used AblePlayer and they have just updated it (I
think the announcement was official at CSUN) to version 3.

I love Able Player, but at the time I used it mobile was still a bit
problematic. That has now changed from what they said for this newest
version:
https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer/releases

I recently tested Able (not the newest one) with Dragon and it worked well
overall, which was nice.

The other product is great too, and may work well for your project.

For me, I liked Able because you could add sign language, audio description
and a rolling text transcript with video description. I also liked the
chapter option. I just liked the set up better for the project I was
working on. Both are good to use and in my view some of the best for HTML 5
viewers.

Cheers

Lisa




On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Rosemarie Punzalan <
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> I'd like to embed a video from YouTube and/or Vimeo on a website - both
> intranet and public. I want an accessible video player that has the ability
> to navigate in and out of the player via keyboard as well as support for
> both captioning and audio descriptions. While researching Oz Player and
> Able Player came up from the top results. Has anyone used either of these?
> If so, would be great if you can share your experience. OR are there other
> methods I can use?
>
> Thanks inn advance for your response.
>
> Rosemarie
>
>
> --
> *Rosemarie Punzalan*
> Digital Accessibility Coordinator
>
> *City of Los Angeles | **Department on Disability*
> 201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 100
> Los Angeles, CA 90012
> Voice: (213) 202-2759
> Fax: (213) 202-2715
> Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>
> Digital Organization + Digital Accessibility = Better Internet for
> Everyone. - Tim Frick
>
>
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> > > > >

From: Rosemarie Punzalan
Date: Mon, Apr 02 2018 7:58AM
Subject: Re: Accessible video player
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Hello,

Sarah and Lisa - thanks so much for your responses. Much appreciated and
very helpful!

Have a great week!

Rosemarie

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:19 PM, L Snider < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hi Rosemarie,
>
> Both are good products. I used AblePlayer and they have just updated it (I
> think the announcement was official at CSUN) to version 3.
>
> I love Able Player, but at the time I used it mobile was still a bit
> problematic. That has now changed from what they said for this newest
> version:
> https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer/releases
>
> I recently tested Able (not the newest one) with Dragon and it worked well
> overall, which was nice.
>
> The other product is great too, and may work well for your project.
>
> For me, I liked Able because you could add sign language, audio description
> and a rolling text transcript with video description. I also liked the
> chapter option. I just liked the set up better for the project I was
> working on. Both are good to use and in my view some of the best for HTML 5
> viewers.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Rosemarie Punzalan <
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> > Hello All.
> >
> > I'd like to embed a video from YouTube and/or Vimeo on a website - both
> > intranet and public. I want an accessible video player that has the
> ability
> > to navigate in and out of the player via keyboard as well as support for
> > both captioning and audio descriptions. While researching Oz Player and
> > Able Player came up from the top results. Has anyone used either of
> these?
> > If so, would be great if you can share your experience. OR are there
> other
> > methods I can use?
> >
> > Thanks inn advance for your response.
> >
> > Rosemarie
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Rosemarie Punzalan*
> > Digital Accessibility Coordinator
> >
> > *City of Los Angeles | **Department on Disability*
> > 201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 100
> > Los Angeles, CA 90012
> > Voice: (213) 202-2759
> > Fax: (213) 202-2715
> > Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >
> > Digital Organization + Digital Accessibility = Better Internet for
> > Everyone. - Tim Frick
> >
> >
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> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >



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*Rosemarie Punzalan*
508 Compliance Coordinator | Digital Accessibility

*City of Los Angeles | **Department on Disability*
201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Voice: (213) 202-2759
Fax: (213) 202-2715
Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =

Digital Organization + Digital Accessibility = Better Internet for
Everyone. - Tim Frick


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