[DUG-TO] Kaltura accessibility, was Drupal Design Workshop

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good morning,

For what it's worth... I took a look at the Kaltura.org site today.  Well, a very brief look as the main page is a flash object that is completely inaccessible to the blind on any operating system.  I also took a look at the Kaltura demo sandbox, which i got to through the Kaltura Drupal module page.  I was actually happy to find that the Tutorial video was presented in a flash object that is accessible to blind users on Windows (although it would not be accessible to blind users on any other operating system).  Unfortunately it didn't appear as any of the other videos on the site (I took a look at the Playlist page) were accessible to blind users on any OS.

When I say "blind users" I mean users of screen-readers.  When I say "not accessible" I mean there were no UI controls exposed to control the playing of the video, including the all so important "Stop".  Very annoying to land on a web page as a screen-reader user and to have audio start playing, meaning that I can't hear anything being read by my screen-reader until I figure out how to stop the audio.  I normally stop the audio by pressing the 'back' button and never returning to the page.

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Everett Zufelt
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On 2010-03-06, at 11:57 PM, Calvin Tennant wrote:

> I'd just like to follow up on this with the community. The event ran wonderfully, we had three rather productive days of Drupal learning. We're hoping to include a heaver focus on the design aspect of the workshop, as indicated by some of our attendees, in future events.
> 
> The next event I hope to host with George Brown College will revolve around the construction of a Drupal theme that will be contributed back to the community via drupal.org. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on this as local Drupalers, what do you look for in a theme? Topics up for discussion might include accessibility/semantics, layout, special features and block regions (inner node regions, upper and lower header, fresh ideas on where to slap-em).
> 
> I'd also like to discuss weither we should be planning on working with Drupal 7 for the next event. I doubt Drupal 7 will be out of dev by the time our next event rolls around (April/May), but its at the point where theme development isn't out of the question.
> 
> If anything else that I'd like to bring up pops into my head I'll send it along, I'll try not to clog up your inboxes too horribly.
> 
> Oh hey, one of those things now. If anyone has some time they would like to toss back to the local community, I'll be looking at implementing Kaltura on http://drupaldesignworkshop.com. I'd be interested in having a chat with anyone has experience with this module.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Calvin Tennant <calvintennant at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've received confirmation from the school that I am allowed to run the event. It will be held March 4th - 6th Noon-6pm at George Brown College School of Design in room 112.
> 
> The Drupal & Design Workshop will be a three day extravaganza of designers and drupalers coming together to help each other out. The idea is that its a lot easier to learn with people than it is to learn by yourself.
> http://drupaldesignworkshop.com
> 
> Please have a look at the website (see above) to get more of an idea of what we're about. Anyone looking to attend or help organise the event please contact me at this email with your qualifications/interests. We have a maximum registration of about 30 at this point, so the sooner I get an idea of the demand the better (we might be able to expand, but the sooner the better).
> 
> Thanks everyone, hope to see you there!
> 
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Calvin Tennant <calvintennant at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been working with Druapl for about eight months. I got into Drupal through a contact at George Brown College SchoolOfDesign, where I go to school and work. I did a research project for the college and haven't been able to put Drupal down since.
> 
> This week I had a few students over at my apartment to teach them a thing or two about Drupal. We're all graphic designers (not developers), so it was slow going. Over two days I basically introduced them to Drupal, PHP, and MySQL and it was a lot of fun. I'd like to do it again, and this is my point.
> 
> I'm going to see if I can set something up through the school. I'd like to do a 'Drupal Design Workshop'. People coming together to help each other, no financial strings attached. I think I'll be able to get a room at the college for a couple days during the intercession.
> 
> Who we're looking for:
> Developers who want to learn more about design
> Designers who want to learn more about development
> People strong in both categories who want to help out
> 
> I'd love to have members of the Drupal community come out. Please contact me if you're interested!
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