[Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos

Fri Sep 2 03:48:39 UTC 2011

Don,

I believe you can select an option when creating the embed link and still get the object code. This also gives a player with some labeled controls. 

Tony

Sent from my wireless phone. Pith is intentional; typos or perceived abruptness are not.

On Sep 1, 2011, at 21:27, "Don Bomer (Tex)" <dbomer at txwinet.com> wrote:

> Greetings
> 
> I Know I Haven't been around for a while but I need help!
> 
> I am working on a new website for my wife Ellen and I want to embed YouTube videos of several news interviews of her that were recorded shorftly after Bin Laden was killed. Embedding the videos isn't a problem as YouTube provides the code for every file.  However, they now use IFrames rather than the less secure Object, Embed method and I can find no way to add Alt Text to the embedded videos.
> 
> Has anyone seen a solution to this problem? I'd sure like to know the answer. 
> 
> Here is the functional snippet of my code. I tried tseveral methods but can't get JAWS to say anything between the IFrame and /IFrame tags:
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>In the Media</title>
> 
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1>In the Media</h1>
> <div="center"><br /><br />
> <iframe width="499" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G6kbGSzN5Fg" frameborder="0">
>  [Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. However, you may visit
>  <A href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G6kbGSzN5Fg"> to view Ellen's Interview on KXAN TV, NBC Austin Texas.]</A>
> </iframe><br /><br />
>  <iframe width="499" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gCrmEfpobuI" frameborder="0">
>  [Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. However, you may visit
>  <A href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gCrmEfpobuI"> to view Ellen's Interview on KVUE TV, ABC Austin Texas.]</A>
> </iframe><br /><br />
> <iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HKvtBeTHbv4" frameborder="0">Ellen's Interview on KEYE TV, CBS Austin Texas</iframe><br /><br />
> <iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RcvjfhDE3c0?rel=0" frameborder="0">Ellen's Interview on KTBC TV "Good Day Austin," FOX Austin Texas</iframe><br /><br />
> <iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ht_0HnZgei4?rel=0" frameborder="0">Ellen's Interview on KVUE TV, ABC Austin Texas</iframe>
> </div>
> 
> </body>
> </html>
> 
> Thanks and warm regards,
> 
> Don Bomer
> 
> 
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