Hands-on Video Accessibility Workshop (with Able Player)

Presented at 10:30am in Standley II Lab on Monday, November 12, 2018.

Speaker(s)

• Terrill Thompson, Manager, IT Accessibility Team, University of Washington

Session Details

• Length of Session: 5-6-hr
• Format: Lab
• Expertise Level: Beginner
• Type of session: Pre-conference

Summary

In this hands-on workshop, participants will develop a complete understanding of how to make video fully accessible. They will add captions, audio description, chapters, and interactive features to a video using Able Player.

Abstract

When HTML5 was published in 2014, it introduced a variety of new features that make it possible to provide highly interactive, fully accessible audio and video in the browser with standard HTML markup. To date, no browsers natively support all possible functionality, but Able Player, a free, open source HTML5 media player developed at the University of Washington, does. This session will explore the full array of HTML5 media accessibility features, and will use Able Player to bring all resources together to form a single highly interactive video. Specifically, participants will learn to: a) Caption video; b) Add audio description using two different methods; c) Add foreign language subtitles to video; d) Add navigable structure to videos using chapters, and e) Add interactive features such as clickable hot spots to video using metadata.

Keypoints

1. What features make online media more accessible and usable to all users.
2. Various methods for adding accessibility features to online video.
3. How to setup fully accessible video using Able Player.

Disability Areas

All Areas

Topic Areas

Uncategorized, Web/Media/App Access

Speaker Bio(s)

Terrill Thompson

Terrill Thompson is manager of the IT Accessibility Team at the University of Washington.