Are the video players accessible to screen reader users?
The JW FLV Media Player is accessible to screen reader users whose assistive technology is current enough to support Flash accessibility (e.g., Window-Eyes 4.2 or higher, JAWS 4.5 or higher). Prior to version 4.6, JW FLV Player had intermittent accessibility. Historically the player has included meaningful labels on buttons and controls that were read by screen readers. However, as new versions of the player were frequently released, the new versions sometimes broke accessibility. The YouTube Player has a similar problem. The player is often updated, sometimes with negative consequences for accessibility. In general, key buttons are announced by screen readers, but often they are accompanied by superfluous graphics and buttons that have no meaningful label nor clear function. As noted in the previous question, the HTML5 video player is not currently accessible to screen reader users in any browser.
