[Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos

Wed Sep 7 23:49:14 UTC 2011

All the best for you and Mary too.

Don...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos

> Hello Don and everyone,
>
> Here's the code to link to a video file for playback:
> http://www.site.com/videos/filename.wmv">My Video</a>
>
>    The video can be in any format. I for one prefer Windows Media as when
> played in Media Player you can get a full-screen view as if you were
> watching it on T.V.I bet Ellen would look and sound great on a 60-inch HD
> T.V. and heard in 6.1 channel surround sound.
>
>    Now to get Mary's computer ready for a trip to the hospital next week.
> We believe she may have a virus. All the best.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Bomer (Tex)" <dbomer at txwinet.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos
>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Space shouldn't be a problem.  I do some testing and see what I can do 
> with
> that.
>
> Thanks and warm regards,
>
> Don...
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos
>
>
>> Good morning everyone,
>>
>>    Why not just place the videos directly on the same server as the site
>> itself? You can then create hyper links to allow visitors to access the
>> videos directly from the site instead of uTube.
>>
>> uTube is a great place to store videos but I wouldn't want visitors 
>> seeing
>> some of the obnoxious and distracting adds they display. Some of them are
>> rather explicit. When I build a Web site for a client their audio or 
>> video
>> content goes directly on the same server as their Web site. If they want
>> it
>> on uTube I'll do that too but not without first posting it on the server
>> as
>> their site. If you visited the NFB Web sites you'll see that this is
>> exactly
>> how this is done. If disk space is an issue you can purchess additional
>> space if needed to accommodate these files due to their size. Hope this
>> helps.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Olivero, Tony" <TOlivero at nfb.org>
>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Alt Text for Embedded YouTube Videos
>>
>>
>> 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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