Re: Captions and screen readers - Accessible Media Guide

Hi Rafal,

Thank you for the input.

I am working on specifically what text we want to add to this resource. It would be helpful if you would share additional information to inform that decision.

Certainly captions should be available to screen readers.

Are you saying that you think captions should automatically be read by screen readers? That surprises me, since the captions would overlap with the main video audio.

Please can you let us know:
* Which common players do *not* allow screen readers access to the captions? Common players include YouTube and default browser players.
* Which players *do* allow screen readers access to the captions?

Thanks again for the information.

Best,
~Shawn


On 8/12/2019 2:19 AM, Rafal Charlampowicz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’m missing a clear statement that captions should also be accessible for screen reader users. It is quite frequent that although the video has captions, they are not automatically read by screen readers. Blind persons use captions the same way as other users: for understanding (if the video is in the language you don’t know), for better understanding (if you are not the native speaker of the language), for understanding details (when some precise data are mentioned in the video – pausing the video and reading captions help to learn).
> 
> This feature should be taken into consideration when a video player is selected.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Raf
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Received on Monday, 12 August 2019 17:29:09 UTC