Re: for video budgeting - description in text file only

> On 16. Aug 2019, at 13:53, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> We were not planning audio-described versions of the evaluation videos

That is kind of disappointing (unless the videos don’t need audio descriptions)…

> but this sounds good. So, does AblePlayer pause the video and read out the descriptions or how does that work?

The able player readme file says: 
> Users can optionally set their player to pause when audio description starts in order to avoid conflicts between the description and program audio.

https://github.com/ableplayer/ableplayer/blob/master/README.md

On a more general note, we should come up with some guidelines on how we make videos accessible for our own resources. Maybe you, Shadi, can carve out some time to formalize/recommend an approach. 

👋 Eric

> 
> Thanks,
>  Shadi
> 
> 
>> On 14/08/2019 19:44, Shawn Henry wrote:
>> Hi Shadi,
>> After some work from Terrill and Eric with AblePlayer, it now reads out the text version of the descriptions very nicely! e.g., https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/customizable/
>> It does it automatically for me -- even without a screen reader on.
>> Unless I'm missing something, that means we can just have the VTT with description and do not need to create separate audio of the description.
>> Maybe this will help some with current and upcoming video project budgets?
>> Best,
>> ~Shawn
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> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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