[vicsireland] Re: [vicsireland] Accessible version of RTÉ Player
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:17:23 +0100
Mark,
Another question that you may ask, if it wasn't already, is: is there
anything it cannot do that the present main RTÉ Player can do? (We
screen-reader users wouldn't necessarily know.) (The BBC iPlayer has
some such issues.)
best way to answer that may be to run a side-by-side comparison, between
the XL Player - and the main player perhaps without a screen-reader. So
far, my experiences with the new player have been quite pleasant -
taking into account the need to use the JAWS pass-through key
[JAWSKey+3] to enable arrow keys for the functionalities you have
mentioned there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Magennis" <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
To: "Vics Mailing List" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Accessible version of RTÉ Player
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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