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Thoughts on accessibility

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MrsHathaway · 31/08/2017 22:19

Today I enjoyed your fb chat thing with Robert Webb.

But only with great difficulty. I have auditory processing disorder so vlogs, videos, live chat etc are extremely difficult to understand. I can't use voice recognition software at all, for example.

I know that this is the future of social media and I have no doubt you get more clicks on a video than an old-style Web Chat. But could you please consider those of us who will struggle to access non-text content? Examples of how you could help would be to provide transcripts (bearing in mind that text-to-voice software is already used by many MNers) or subtitle videos, after the fact.

For what it's worth, I recently discussed this with DB a MN lurker who hears fine but has reduced vision. He can't access VR or 3D at all, so his cultural world shrinks as technology claims to march on.

Thank you for anything you can consider to ensure you don't leave any of us behind.

LornaMumsnet · 01/09/2017 16:00

Shock

Agree with MrsHathaway, that is just fabulous!

Thanks so much for flagging this to us.

We think it's a really good point that we need to take on board.

We are currently investing in some new technology which - we hope - will enable us to download the streams in higher resolution after they've finished.

From here, we will upload to YouTube where viewers can opt in for the auto-subtitles.

In the meantime, we'll keep our eye out for any developments on Facebook's side (they don't currently offer auto subtitles like the ones you might see on the news).

We do hope to update more soon.

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