Speaker(s)
- Terrill Thompson, Manager, IT Accessibility Team, University of Washington
- Ken Petri, Director, Web Accessibility Center, Ohio State University
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format:
- Expertise Level: Not provided
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
This session will discuss and demonstrate Able Player, a free open source HTML5 media player that includes fully accessible controls and supports captions, audio description, interactive transcripts, and has many options that enable users to customize their experience.
Abstract
Media is everywhere, and is excluding students, employees, and visitors with disabilities in greater and greater numbers. There is growing awareness related to the need for captions, but captions alone do not make video accessible. This session will provide the big picture of accessible media - all the issues that should be considered when planning for deployment of audio or video on web pages. This session will walk attendees step-by-step through all the accessibility considerations, and will include code-level solutions for how each consideration can be addressed. The end product is a media player called Able Player, developed at the University of Washington and now an open source project with multiple institutions contributing to its further development.
Keypoints
- Attendees will be able to describe five accessibility problems related to online media.
- Attendees will learn about media accessibility features in HTML5, and the current state of browser support.
- Attendees will learn about Able Player, including the URL for downloading &/or contributing to its development
Disability Areas
Other
Topic Areas
Web/Media/App Access
Speaker Bio(s)
Terrill Thompson
Terrill Thompson is manager of the IT Accessibility Team at the University of Washington.
Ken Petri
Ken Petri directs the Web Accessibility Center at Ohio State University, helping make campus technology more accessible for all users.