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The NPS.gov Media Player: An Accessible Option for All Government (www.accessibilityonline.org)

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Link to presentation: The NPS.gov Media Player: An Accessible Option for All Government

Staff from the United States Department of the Interior demo a workflow for ensuring that video on the National Park Service (NPS) website is accessible to users with disabilities.

Uses the open source video player software VideoJS that has been built for keyboard and screen reader compatibility.
Supports captions in multiple languages.
Supports superimposed sign language video.
Supports audio description and extended audio description tracks. Audio track can be switched during video playback.
Scans video library for media files that lack accessibility features.
NPS's code on GitHub: Audio/Video Processing Pipeline on AWS.
Demo: The Narrows, Zion National Park

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That’s awesome.