[access-uk] different lists doing the same thing was Re: Re: BBC Iplayer
- From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:56:02 +0100
Hi, half the problem here is that different people are on different lists and
don't know what is going on. The UK Radio list has been discussing this for
weeks and has somebody involved to an extent on the list, and an attempt has
been made to get it all co-ordinated on the BCAB list.I think this kind of
overlap is a huge problem for us as blind people as we never know what is going
on properly, but I don't quite know how to fix it.It seems to me there are too
many, too similar lists and we should try to co-ordinate all general access
tech queries in one place, with people then using more specialist lists for
specific queries, unless it is deemed that the one list should be a busy one
and deal with specialist things too.
Cheers
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Rays Home
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:15 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC Iplayer
Nice to know people are now concerned about the IPlayer, a subject I brought
up a few weeks ago.
Someone working on the team concerned with this has emailed me to say the
sadly lacking keyboard funtionality will be implemented though I don't know
when because, as I understand it, a halt is being imposed temporarily on code
changes to the IPlayer over the period of the Olympics.
In fact this keyboard support is a very bad oversight by the Beeb, especially
seeing that Adobe do publish information on how to give access to the time
navigation slider and volume and other controls.
By all means contact Out Of Touch, but their distain for listener input is
well known. In fact You and Yours should be a better place to air this bad
example of falling down on the accessability job.
Seems too there is more screen reader vendors could do to improve on Flash
accessability, but then one well known amongst them would rather indulge in
screwwing up the competition with useless and inane law suits.
Cheers,
Ray.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Godfrey-McKay
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC Iplayer
I've just submitted a complaint about the inaccessibility of this, and I
suggest that others do the same. Wonder if "Out of Touch" would be interested?
Richard Godfrey-McKay
Tel: (01738) 445 880
Mobile: (07791) 452 593
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