[Athen] call to action

[Steve Green]

The two that come to mind are Vimeo and AblePlayer.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Gian Wild
Sent: 29 October 2022 14:51
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Athen] call to action

Hi Lucy and all ATHEN!

I am doing a video player review over the next couple of weeks to present at AHG. I was thinking maybe it wasn't necessary but it seems (unfortunately) that it is. Other than YouTube, what video players would you like me to review?

Cheers
Gian

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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:32:42 -0700
From: Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu>
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
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Subject: [Athen] call to action
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hello everyone:
 for over 4 years now youtube has had a  feature to let creators add descriptive video to youtube videos. when i asked for access to this feature for our campus this is what they sent me

"
YouTube has a pilot program to give participating creators the ability to add audio tracks containing audio descriptions to their videos. On enabled videos, selecting the gear icon and choosing the "descriptive" audio track plays the audio track designated as descriptive audio - a format that is intended to give audio context for essential visual information. The purpose of the pilot is to better understand the unique needs of our users and how to create features to help reach broader audiences."

 This is making me very  angry as I know the feature has been out for over
3 and maybe 4 years now as I first saw it in 2018 or 2019 on a video game trailer.
 Since then I have seen it on a few other video game trailers but never on any other youtube  channels.
If we in education can't get access to the features we need to help our students and extended communities, how can more people  learn about accessibility and how to do it right

 Here is my call to action. your campuses should also join me in  asking google to get your team's access to the feature now so that we can learn how to use it and teach about how to always make videos more accessible to everyone

lucy


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