[Athen] RE: Mediasite 6.0 Lecture Capture Accessibility

[Greg Kraus]

Hi Lisa,

Overall, I can say that SonicFoundry is working on accessibility and
does support it to a fair degree. I have given them feedback on some
of the newer versions of their player, notably their HTML5 based
player. It has been a few months since I gave them feedback, so I'm
not 100% sure of where they are right now. Here are some of the
highlights.

1. They use the "two-door" technique - one view for screen reader
users and one for everyone else. The screen reader view is very basic
and utilitarian and most other users would not want to use it unless
they had to for accessibility purposes. Even then, there are still
some usability issues with the interface. This is true for both their
HTML5-based and non-HTML5-based screen reader versions of their
player.

2. Their Silverlight-based player has numerous accessibility problems.

3. Their HTML5 player for non-screen reader users (the "standard"
view) also has some keyboard accessibility problems.

I have documented all of these errors for them and they have told me
they are working on them, but I have not heard anything back for a
while. I can check with our MediaSite people and my contact at
SonicFoundry to see if there are any updates.

Greg

--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
greg_kraus at ncsu.edu


On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Paul E. Paire <paire at temple.edu> wrote:

> I’m sure you’ve hit their knowledgebase

> https://support.sonicfoundry.com/Knowledge the first several are on

> accessibility (Window-Eyes and Jaws; using screen readers with 6.x).

>

>

>

> With 6 the Silverlight keyboard controls seem to be re-introduced (they were

> stripped out in the 5.x version when using Silverlight).  Regardless,

> MediaSite records a new slide every few seconds (regardless of when the

> presenter actually changes slides.  I assume this is to capture slide

> builds/animations, but doesn’t take into account rapid fire slide changes.)

> You can add slide descriptors, but in practical use, the screen reader is

> going to start reading the slide descriptors while the presenter is talking,

> making the user pause the video, re-read the page, then start the video up

> again (and maybe re-wind a bit.)

>

>

>

> -Paul

>

>

>

> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu

> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Caid,

> Lisa M.

> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:52 PM

> To: 'athen-list at u.washington.edu'

> Subject: [Athen] Mediasite 6.0 Lecture Capture Accessibility

>

>

>

> Hello ATHEN,

>

>

>

> Can anyone speak to your (or others) use of Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite v6.0

> (or lower) lecture capture system regarding its accessibility for faculty

> and student users?

>

>

>

> If not, can anyone point me to a good resource for the same information?

>

>

>

> WT is looking at this solution for our smart classroom lecture capture

> system.

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> Thanks very much for your help!  :0)

>

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

>

> Lisa M. Caid

>

> Accessibility Coordinator

>

> Information Technology

>

> West Texas A&M University

>

> www.wtamu.edu

>

> 806-651-1241

>

> lcaid at wtamu.edu

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