The only way I found that does any good is using VO+CMD+j to quickly search for the skip add button. Even then, you don't always see it. But, press it as soon as you do.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Jun 21, 2015, at 10:25 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think most ad blockers work by blocking access to known ad servers on the > internet. Most web site ads are not served by the site itself but for YouTube > this is not the case. The video you want and the 'pre-roll' ad all come from > youtube's own servers so you can't block the ad without also blocking the > content. Maybe somebody has already figured out another way but the typical > blocker isn't going to help here. > > CB > > On 6/21/15 10:04 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> I find that, when a video loads and an ad starts, I should not touch >> anything. As soon as VO announces "ad can be skipped", I tab once and always >> land on the "skip ad" button; space will then skip the ad. If I move around >> at all, though, tabbing once will not land me on that button, so I've >> learned to not touch anything until the video is playing and I know if I can >> skip the ad or not. >> >> Interesting idea about ad blockers. I didn't think they would work on >> Youtube, but that would be really great. I'll have to try one. >>> On Jun 21, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Shaf <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Use an adblocker >>> >>> On 6/21/2015 6:06 AM, joseph big wrote: >>>> hello list members >>>> >>>> how to skip youtube adds on the mac? >>>> >>>> thank you in advance. >>>> >>>> best >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>> it, send an email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
