[access-uk] Re: New BBC IPlayer - can you work out how to use it?

James, glad someone else is concerned about this much less than perfect 
situation re. the new BBC Flash Player.

Please repoort back when you've tried the latest version of JFW and Flash 
Player.  It might indeed be possible to script a solution, but I wonder at the 
same time whether we are waiting on Adobe to build in propper accessible 
controls.

Not only should we be writing the Beeb on this one, but our assistive tech 
providers as well as Adobe, but I think in Adobe's case it is just another 
faceless corporation.

Unless something's done we are going to hear a lot more here on this one.

Cheers,
Ray.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James O'Dell 
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: New BBC IPlayer - can you work out how to use it?


  Hi Ray

  I've been looking at the new version of the IPlayer, and whilst I can play 
programmes I haven't been able to access the rewind/fast-forward functions.  
From what I can tell these controls are sliders which have to be moved with the 
mouse.  If you look through the IPlayer Help there is a section on 
accessibility which says that the IPlayer follows accessibility standards - 
Hmmm!!  I have already sent an email to the BBC about this.  My understanding 
is that the Real Player streams will not be available in the UK from July 7th, 
as the IPlayer will detect where you are and automatically default to flash 
player if you are in the UK.  Great!  Anyway, keeping the old streams going 
isn't really much of a solution, as the sound quality on the Flash versions is 
better and we should have just as much of a right as anyone to be able to 
access them.  I am running JAWS 9 and will try installing the latest updates to 
JAWS and Flash Player to see if this makes any difference, but I would also be 
interested to hear from users of other assistive technologies to see if there 
is some way round these problems.

  Cheers

  James

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