Hi Rick,
I agree that using the current version of Window-Eyes and the Netflix
website is not a very usable combination at the moment. You can try to scratch
and claw your way through various tasks but it is not a delightful experience.
For the sake of comparison, I did some testing with another screen reader and
found that the experience wasn't half bad. I could search, review the results,
open a result, read its summary and play the show. I could also navigate in
Browse Mode by heading to find the various categories of content that Netflix
provides for each user such as Popular, Trending, Recently watched etc. Once I
found the heading of interest, I could Arrow or Tab through the titles. So,
this leads me to believe that while the Netflix website isn't perfect in terms
of screen reader accessibility, they have made an effort to make it compatible.
And, Ai Squared has some work to do in terms of improving the way Window-Eyes
interacts with the Netflix website. I will work with my t
eam and try to identify the areas that need the most improvement.
And, by the way, the DOJ deadline for establishing ADA web
accessibility regulations was pushed back until 2018. If you would like to see
this timetable sped up, please consider signing the official petition found
here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-us-department-justice-promptly-release-ada-internet-regulations.
We are currently about 90,000 signatures short. There is a form on this web
page that you use to sign the petition. You basically enter your name, email
and hit the Sign Now button. You will then receive an email that contains a
link to complete the process. A few other related notes. Netflix was brought to
court in 2012 for not making their streaming content available with captions.
They settled and agreed to do this by 2014. So it seems that accessibility is
now on their radar. Just in case they start slipping, there is an advocacy
group dedicated to improving the accessibility of Netflix for screen reader
users. You can learn more about this in
itiative including ways to help here: https://netflixproject.wordpress.com/.
Regards,
Marc
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Thomas [mailto:ofbgm...@mi.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 4:49 AM
To: Marc Solomon <msolo...@aisquared.com>; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com>; mattc...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: Using Window-Eyes with Netflix
Hi Mark: I just opened netflix and turned off browse mode and while I could
only tab around the links I did manage to do a search, read links for the
resultent movies and click on one and tab to a play button. I didn't play
it, too early but it looks like this might be a very crude, but perhaps
useful, way to get around in Netflix which is not very accessible with any
screen reader as far as I could tell.
Isnt the Department Of Justice suppose to be starting to enforce
accessibility for major commercial websites?
Anyway, is there a way to read the various headings and other text as well
as the descriptions of movies while in browse mode?
For now, at least, it looks like I can find something and play it but there
are many shows I don't know anything about and if there are popup
descriptions about them as you arrow over or link over them that would be
nice indeed.
Later and thanks for the pointer on trying to use an otherwise totally
inaccessible, or at least useable, site.
Rick USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+ofbgmail=mi.rr....@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Marc Solomon via Talk
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 6:55 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com>;
mattc...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: Using Window-Eyes with Netflix
Have you tried turning off Browse Mode when working with the Netflix
website? In my experience, doing so helps provide better access to the
interactive elements on the page.
Marc
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On January 14, 2016 5:43:50 PM Rick Thomas via Talk
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote:
> Hi: I found it pretty much inaccessible with WindowEyes.
> It is not much better with other screen readers but with one I can at
least
> get around a little and get some things to work.
> If you figure out anything at all with WindowEyes and Netflix let me know
> but for now I have to use another reader for the site \to watch movies and
> tv shows.
> Rick USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+ofbgmail=mi.rr....@lists.window-eyes.com]
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> Behalf Of Matthew Chao via Talk
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:53 AM
> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com>
> Subject: Using Window-Eyes with Netflix
>
> Hi, Folks. I just got a subscription to Netflix and briefly was up on
> the Website. Does anyone on this list know how to efficiently navigate
> around this site? Thanks in advance.--Matthew Chao
>
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