We have successfully used FLash CS4's ability to caption vids, which are pulled in from an XML file. THey looked very nice, with an on/off widget in the controls. We also provide a transcript web page for each vid.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Spellacy, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > I was just wondering what some of the best practices were these days for > creating accessible video on the web. A few questions: > > 1) I know some Flash players can pull in captions, but which ones to > use? > 2) Are there any services out there that will scan your audio track and > create a captioned file for you (.srt, etc.) to feed into your player? > 3) If you do succeed in creating captioned video do you also have to > create a transcript of the video for those users who may not have Flash > installed (or may not be able to access Flash using JAWS)? > 4) Would providing just a transcript of the video, be all that is needed > to meet basic accessibility requirements? > > Thanks in advance! I love this list! > > Regards, > Michael "Spell" Spellacy > http://www.spellacy.net > > @spellacy > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > > -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
