ATAG - Feature - Video and audio

[DannyLancaster]

Built-in support for accessible content creation.

Web authors need the ability to add captions to videos and transcripts to audio and video content. As many users experience difficulties when reading, providing video content is important. The video as such must of course be accessible, including captions and audio descriptions.

The feature provides the functionality for adding captions and transcripts for multimedia content.

This feature is not within the We4Authors cluster but as many users view video content without sound, it should be included in Umbraco.

End user view

Code of the end user view

Not available

Explanation of the code example

This could work several ways. For example we could have an:

1. Notification approach; ask the editor if they have verified it meets accessibility standards - use as a basis to inform the user on why its important to provide them.
2. Functional approach; allow the editor to add/edit captions and transcripts within Umbraco

Video documentation

Not available

Recommendations for implementation

• To make sure the implementation of the features is not causing accessibility problems for web authors with disabilities:
• avoid drag-and-drop for choosing template, and/or always have a keyboard alternative;
• always provide one pointer alternative without specific gestures;
• always support keyboard navigation;
• consider keyboard shortcuts;
• do not rely on sensory characteristics as the sole indicator for understanding and operating content;
• do not indicate important information using colour alone;
• make sure there is enough contrast between text objects and its background colour.

[webbod]

This overlaps with a problem I am trying to solve for a client: ”why can't I search in videos?”

I was leaning towards using a captioning service, but your approach is more sustainable.

I was going to start with a package for 10.x - would that be any use to you?

[DannyLancaster]

Hi @webbod

Great to hear you are already looking into this. That would be amazing.

Would you be looking for the "Notification approach" as part of your package?

Looking forward to hearing your progress. Please do share any updates when you can :)

Thanks, Danny