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Accessible Player
- 17 Jan 2024
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Accessible Player
- Updated on 17 Jan 2024
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Accessible Player
The movingimage player has features that ensure a barrier-free access to videos. In this way, a larger group of users can be reached. For example, videos are provided with subtitles, or all control functions of your player are operable with the keyboard. As well, a screen reader is available for users who are visually impaired.
This section provides an overview of these features.
Keypad operations
Some browsers may require you to first enable keypad operations in their settings/advanced functions tab.
To enable keypad operations for the player, ensure that you have enabled the "keyboard control" option in the additional settings tab within the Player Generator.
The following browsers support keypad operations:
Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer: latest version - 2
Chrome, Edge: latest version
iOS, Android standard browser: latest version
By default, users are able to control the movingimage player without using a mouse or other input methods. The following table lists the functions with respective keyboard key:
When a control is selected, the corresponding button is visually highlighted.
Function | Key |
|---|---|
Standard | |
Direct focus to inside the player | tab, shift + tab |
Leave the focus of the player, tab through control elements | tab, shift + tab |
Navigate to all of the player control elements | shift + tab |
Activate/ deactivate control element | return or space |
Start video playback / Pause video playback | space, K |
Forward 5000 ms | right arrow cursor |
Forward 10.000 ms | L |
Rewind 5000 ms | left arrow cursor |
Rewind 10.000 ms | J |
Skip to the beginning | home |
Skip to end | end |
Skip to time segment (e.g., 3 = 30%) | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Activate fullscreen | F |
Escape fullscreen | esc |
Control the volume: turn up (between 0 and 1, in 0.1 steps) | up arrow cursor |
Control the volume: turn down (between 0 and 1, in 0.1 steps) | down arrow cursor |
Toggle mute | M |
If volume control is focused | |
Control the volume: turn up (between 0 and 1, in 0.1 steps) | right arrow cursor |
Control the volume: turn down (between 0 and 1, in 0.1 steps) | left arrow cursor |
If [Play] button is focused | |
Play/ pause | space, enter |
If [Stop] button is focused | |
Stop | space, enter |
If dropdown is focused | |
Toggle dropdown | space, enter |
If dropdown is open | |
Move between elements | up, down arrow keys |
Select element | space, enter |
If [Mute] button is focused | |
Toggle mute | space, enter |
If [Fullscreen] button is focused | |
Toggle fullscreen | space, enter |
Screen Reader
The movingimage player supports screen readers, which allows visually impaired users to interact with the player using their keyboard.
The screen reader will announce the name of the button or control when it is focused, and will also announce the current state of the player, such as the current time and volume level.
The screen reader is supported by the following browsers:
Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer: latest version -2
Chrome, Edge: latest version
iOS, Android standard browser: latest version
The language of the screen reader is set to the language of the browser by default. However, you can change the language of the screen reader by going to the player settings.
Supported languages
Currently, the following languages are supported: German, English, and Japanese.
The following are some of the cases where the screen reader is used:
When you click on a button, the name of the button will be shown.
When the seek bar is focused, the current time will be shown.
When you adjust the volume, the volume level will be shown.
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