[vicsireland] Accessible version of RTÉ Player
- From: Mark Magennis <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
- To: Vics Mailing List <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:28:11 +0100
The address of the accessible version of the RTÉ Player is now
www.rte.ie/playerxl/. Anyone using the previous but very similar address
www.rte.ie/playerxl/at/ should stop. That was Olivia Kennedy's development
version. The improvements have now been added to the standard XL version of the
player. This 'XL version' has been developed for non-mouse and large screen TV
use and is the one you get through the Sony Playstation, connected TVs, etc. It
can be used with JAWS version 9 or above.
I wonder can anyone who has used it with a screen reader please give some
feedback. I'd like to get a snapshot right now of what the experience is like
for screen reader users (any screen reader, not just JAWS). I'm already aware
of three issues:
1. The need to maximise the screen to get rid of the pop-up welcome message.
2. The need to use the JAWS pass-through key before the arrow keys to operate
fast forward, rewind and volume up/down.
3. The fact that it's a different version from the one that you get if you go
to the RTÉ website and click 'RTÉ Player' (we're working on this).
What other issues are there? Does anything simply not work? Does it work as
well with screen readers other than JAWS?
Anything you can say about it will help make the case for prioritising the
future work.
Thanks,
Mark
Dr. Mark Magennis
Director of the Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT)
NCBI Working for people with sight loss
Whitworth Road, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 882 1956
Skype: markncbi
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