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Hulu Becomes Latest Streaming Service to Commit to Accessibility for Blind Users (acb.org)
submitted by Prefect316
Prefect316 [OP] 10 points 4y ago
...And all it took was a lawsuit to make it happen 🙄
Now let's get 11.22.63 up with description stat!
Now let's get 11.22.63 up with description stat!
Drunken_Idaho 8 points 4y ago
I canceled my hulu subscription earlier this year because the app was pretty much unusable on ios. Glad to see this finally happen even if it did take a law suit.
preiman790 7 points 4y ago
I’ll believe Hulu’s commitment to accessibility when I see it, and as for CBS, usability is all well and good but when they can’t be bothered to put up the audio descriptions they’re producing anyway it rings sort of hollow
GoneVision 2 points 4y ago
I’ve been very publicly, on Facebook, and Twitter at least, badgering CBS All Access to make their app accessible as well, citing Netflix, Amazon prime video, and Hulu as examples. I’m happy to report, that despite the fact they haven’t made an official announcement, touting the accessibility of the app, the CBS All Access app is quite usable now. It’s by no means perfect, but you can search for content, read titles of shows, launch them with a double tap, and even pause video playback. If you are a Star Trek fan, this is especially good news, as the CBS All Access app, will be the only place you can watch Star Trek discovery, and the new Star Trek series about Captain Pikard’s life after leaving the enterprise.
fastfinge 1 points 4y ago
Do they offer audio description yet? Discovery has it on air in Canada.
GoneVision 3 points 4y ago
No, not at all. There’s no way to select it through the app. As a matter fact, one of the accessibility challenges currently, is that close captions are set as a default, and voiceover will read them, unless you have voiceover set to speech off. Current status is floundering, yet trying. These assholes really need to start asking for help from members of the community, it would make The whole process go a lot more smoothly for them. But what do I know, I’ve only been trying to provide the best possible solution to developers and organizations alike, for 15 years.
payown 1 points 4y ago
But that’s still pretty damn frustrating.
payown 1 points 4y ago
You should be able to modify your settings within excess ability to prevent it from automatically reading subtitles unless that something you typically have enabled so that way you don’t have to disable speech.
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