[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Accessible DVD player
- From: "Christine McDonald" <cmcdonald.cei@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:08:21 -0500
> Not sure how this will work with other screen readers such as Jaws, NVDA,
> or system access but, for those of you that have Window eyes, here you go.
> I am sure it might work with the other screen readers. Try it! It's Free!
> Duyahn
>
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> I just wanted to inform you listers of a DVD player for the PC, that I
> came across recently. Ever so often, we get the question here on the list,
> for such a software, that is accessible and easily operated with WE.
>
> I have tried several, but they all seem to be only this much accessible.
> Recently I came across a software called CCCP, and which among others,
> hold a DVD playback software. Easiest way to get hold of it, is to go to
> Ninite.com
> . Choose Windows, and tab your way through the checkboxes, and check the
> CCCP box. Then go to the Download Installer link, and download and run
> the installer.
>
> First installed, go to your start menu and the Programs submenu. Find
> Combined Community Codec Pack
> . Hit Enter and choose
> Media Player Cinema Home
> ; which is the actual DVD player.
>
> When in the main screen of the player, hit Alt-F, to open the File menu.
> Then hit D, to open a DVD. You are taken to a File open screen, as you
> know it from hundreds of other Windows software. Shift-Tab twice, and
> scroll down to your DVD drive. Hit Enter, and the movie is loaded into the
> software.
>
> Press Space to start or pause the movie playback. Press the Period key to
> stop playback. PageUp and PageDown moves to previous or next Title or
> Chapter. Left and Right arrows moves you a few seconds backward or forward
> in the playback. And the Up and Down arrows adjust the playback volume.
>
> If you quickly want to navigate the movie's Titles and Chapters, press
> Alt-N, followed by J. Then arrow up and down through the selection, and
> hit Enter on the desired one.
>
> If you position your mouse at the very bottom row of the screen, here you
> will find the time line. It shows you the current time position of the
> playback, and the total length of the current Title. Even - I guess - you
> could use the Hotspot app, for setting hotspots to read you these infos at
> the touch of a hotkey.
>
> The software is, far as I have been able to test it, fully accessible.
> Menus are good old-styled Windows menus, and infos on the screen are fully
> readable - even though you might want to use your mouse keys for reading
> the screen. All in all, a good easy alternative to any other DVD playback
> software that I have been in touch with. Seems to be free as well.
>
> Yet another benefit, is that I had several DVDs here, that none of the
> main stream software would play properly. Windows Media Player - for one -
> insisted that my display driver was outdated; even if going through HP's
> updater told me all drivers are up-to-date. So, with none of the
> mainstream products, my fully legally bought DVDs would not play. Soon as
> I installed the CCCP software, and use their DVD player, these movies play
> just wonderfully.
>
> Hope this info is helpful to some of you listers!
>
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