[Athen] Checking for Captions

[Robert Spangler]

Hi Lucy, thanks for this informative reply!  I did go into a YouTube video
and was able to read the captions by arrowing up above the location slider
on the video.  It did not read them automatically; I had to arrow up and
down to hear them, which could be problematic since they change a lot, but
at least I was able to hear them.  If you have suggestions on how I can do
this better, that would be great.  Thanks again for confirming that I can
actually read the captions though!


On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 1:37 PM Lucy Greco <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:


> HELLO: YOUR RONG WE CAN CHECK FOR CAPTIONS AND MANY BLIND PEOPLE EVEN ARE

> CART   PROVIDERS. MOST PLATFORMS LIKE YOUTUBE AND VIMEO HAVE THE CAPTIONS

> AS TEXT ON THE SCREEN AND THE SCREEN READER CAN  SPEAK THESE OR MORE

> INPORTENTLY A  HARD OF HEREING OR  DEF BLIND PERSON CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON A

> BRAILLE DISPLAY. TRY TURNING CAPTIONS ON IN YOUTUBE AND MUTING THE  VIDEO

> AND HERE THE SCREEN READER READ A LONG. ON YOUTUBE YOU CAN ALSO COPY THE

> TEXT OF THE  TRANSCRIPT AND SEND IT TO A NOTE TAKER OR EMBOSSER AND READ

> ALONG LOOKING FOR BAD CAPTIONS AND THEN EDIT THE FILE AND RE UPLOAD IT. THE

> ONLY THING I HAVE FOUND I CAN'T DO IS EDUT IN THE YOUTUBE EDITOR BUT I HAVE

> AN ASK IN TO GOOGLE FOR THAT ONE DAY LUCY

> Lucia Greco

> Web Accessibility Evangelist

> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

> University of California, Berkeley

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>

>

> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:42 PM Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>

> wrote:

>

>> Hello, is it possible for a blind person to check if there are captions

>> in a video?  Everything I know tells me not, but I want to ask anyway in

>> case there is some way that I am unaware of.  The captions are displayed in

>> the actual video content, which is not readable by a screen reader.  I know

>> on YouTube, I might be able to tell by whether the captions button is

>> present or not, but I'm not sure if that button is always there or just

>> when captions are available.  Even then, I don't think I would be able to

>> evaluate the captions anyway.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Robert

>>

>>

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Robert Spangler
Disability Services Technical Support Specialist
rspangler1 at udayton.edu
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023
Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC)
University of Dayton  | 300 College Park  |  Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302
Phone: 937-229-2066
Fax: 937-229-3270
Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing)
Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning
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