[support] Drupal's Audio Module and Accessibility to Screen Readers

[Stuart Lawler]

Hi Simone,

I agree with you, Drupal is really really accessible and a very nice content
management system to use.

If there was a way though that I could get my audio files to play I would be
very happy!

Regards,

Stuart. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Simone Dal Maso [mailto:simone.dalmaso at juvox.it] 
Sent: 28 April 2008 06:33
To: support at drupal.org; stuart.lawler at visionline.ie
Subject: Re: [support] Drupal's Audio Module and Accessibility to Screen
Readers

Hi,
as I am visual impaired, this is very cool.
I don't know how to generate playlist, anyway I used the mediadisplay module
and cck media display, in order to make a form where the user can upload its
audio files, then with litle adjustment in php you can display each files
with own properties.
I installed the Audio module, but  I wasn't able to see the player, and this
is strange because also if flash player is inaccessible, I should see some
words as "start flash" or "end flash", so I give it up.

Anyway, Drupal 5 is one of  few cms really accessible for blind people also
from an admin point of view, including all the administrative tasks.
I didn't try drupal 6, I think that drag and drop with blocks will generate
lots of problems.
Bye.







----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Lawler" <stuart.lawler at visionline.ie>
To: <support at drupal.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:23 PM
Subject: [support] Drupal's Audio Module and Accessibility to Screen Readers


> Hello,
>
> I've been trying to set up the Audio module to run on my website. I'm
> currently using Drupal 5.7. However, I have discovered that the built-in
> players that ship with this module are inaccessible to screenreaders and
> therefore, as a blind user, I can't access the audio that I upload, nor 
> can
> any other blind visitors to my site.
>
> I am particularly looking to add audio posts to my blog.
>
> My question therefore, is there a way that the audio module can instead
> generate a playlist file like an m3u file, that would open in the user's
> player of choice?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Stuart Lawler.
>
>
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