Eleanor,i see that that's the case all right, now that WebbIE isn't of as nmuch use as it was formerly, because BBC iPlayer now sports a Flash interface. At least though, the buttons in the BBC iPlayer are more cleaarly labelled than those in the RTE Catchup Player. Much of the world is going Flash, which is not good news for us.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:05 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Trying to Watch Item on The Late LateMessageThe BBC iPlayer is not as accessible as it used to be and blind people in the UK are taking up the issue with the BBC in this regard. ----- Original Message ----- From: noreenmeagher
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:04 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Trying to Watch Item on The Late Late Hi Paul,Thanks for that and I have followed your example and sent them an e-mail. I understand the BBC player is accessible so they have no excuse.
Noreen -----Original Message-----From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul J. Traynor (NCBI)
Sent: 29 October 2009 16:38 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: Trying to Watch Item on The Late LateHi, I wrote to RTE recently about their accessibility issues with their web player and so on. I got an email back telling me that it would be looked into at the next board meeting. I feel this will not happen unless we all begin to write into RTE about the problems on their web site and the lack of accessibility of their live content. I would urge you all to make contact with RTE and voice your complaint about their site.
Here is the contact details of the lady who wrote back to me about my query:
(letter from RTE) Dear PaulI acknowledge receipt of your e-mail which I will forward to the Editor of RTÉ Online.
I will also log your comments for review by the Editorial Board, as in this way all senior management will become aware of your experience and needs.
Thank you for taking the time to write. Kind Regards Brigitte Murphy RTÉ Information-Communications Info@xxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul J. Traynor [mailto:pjtraynor@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 13 October 2009 15:16 To: Info Subject: Unable to access shows on web site! Dear Sir/Madam,I am a totally blind person. I have been using the internet for some years now but still whenever I try to access shows such as "Who do you think I am" I find that I have to cope with some sort of flash player that my screen reader cannot work with and therefore I am unsuccessful in listening to such shows. It is dis-heartening when my sighted peers can use these players and listen to shows etc and I can't. It is not just myself who feels like this about the RTE website and its download or streaming content, lots of other blind people around the country find it as difficult as I do.
I wish for this matter to be addressed in some way so that I can access the media in the same way that my sighted family and friends can. Please can you help resolve this issue and let me know how this may be done.
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