I am an online teacher. If I add a video to my class and there is no voice just music while the information is written on screen, can a screen reader see it? Is this video accessible? Thank you(self.Blind)
submitted by Lin0ge
Drop9Reddit16 points5y ago
No a screen reader can not pick this up at all. I would highly discourage a video like that. You can add a voice over or an alltwrntae way is havw two versions of the video one with no voice over and just music and the other with a voice ovwr.
The video as you described would not be accessible. Thanks for asking.
Laser_Lens_45 points5y ago
I can't speak for others but nothing annoys me more than to come across a video that has nothing but background music, only to realize about a minute in that there's probably text on the screen with no narration.
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wnolan19922 points4y ago
Yeah, I reserve a special place in hell for videos like that. The amount of tutorials on YouTube that think typing out the steps they're taking in Notepad on screen while some god awful techno music is playing while doing a tutorial is infuriating at times.
And ditto food channels that have the steps written in tiny text at the bottom of the video as they rush through making a delicious looking dish.
Laser_Lens_41 points4y ago
Yup. People who do that end up on my shit list pretty quick.
beadaholic944 points5y ago
Those types of videos are not accessible at ALL! I despise those kinda on youtube, a lot of vi people do not use screen readers so you can’t just assume that they all will have and use one
arond32 points5y ago
If you are not able to speak in the video you can maybe use a text reader on the text you have wrote (in a plain text editor) and add the sound to the video :)
Lin0ge [OP]2 points4y ago
I added a transcript for the one I already created. And will be sure to do it differently next time. Thanks you guys, I appreciate the feedback.
wnolan19921 points4y ago
As others have said, this is not an accessible way of presenting material.
If doing a voice over isn't an option for whatever reason, you could try using a simple text-to-speech app to insert voiceover. That's not ideal obviously, as that sort of voiceover can be irritating and off putting to those who can read the text.
Another option may be to transcribe the onscreen text underneath the video. Without knowing what sort of lesson you're teaching or what sort of website you're posting to, this may or may not be an effective way of allowing people who are blind or VI get the same information.
It's good that you asked though, it's always nice to see (pun not intended) someone who's actually considering these things when creating content.
ENTJ3511 points4y ago
Yeah, it's not accessible. If you want the student to learn you must speak it out, use a etext type of thing, or have a alternate version ready at hand like a hand out.
AllHarlowsEve1 points5y ago
Screen readers essentially read plain text inserted into the code of a website, if that makes sense.
Not only are those videos useless for screen reader users, but for people who can read high contrast text, they’re also useless since you can’t generally do much with a video, especially one using a stylized font, to make them easier to read.
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