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== Playback Software ==
== Playback Software ==
=== Open Source Software ===
* [http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Making_video_accessible JW Flash player] plays TimedText, e.g. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1532
* [http://www.oratrix.com/ GRiNS player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.ambulantplayer.org/ Ambulant player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.annodex.net/node/19 CMMLwiki] plays Ogg Theora/Vorbis/CMML
* [http://metavid.org/wiki/Main_Page Metavid] plays Ogg Theora/Vorbis/CMML
* [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/OggPlay liboggplay] supports CMML & Kate
* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html Mplayer] supports srt, DVD subtitles, VobSUB, MicroDVD, OGM, SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle, JACOsub, PJS and player's own: MPsub
* [https://videolan.org/vlc/features.html VLC] supports CMML, srt, OGM, MicroDVD,
SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer, VobSUB, DVD subtitles
=== Proprietary Software ===


* [http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ Quicktime player] plays SMIL/QTtext, 3GPP Text
* [http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ Quicktime player] plays SMIL/QTtext, 3GPP Text
* [http://www.real.com/ Real player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.real.com/ Real player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.oratrix.com/ GRiNS player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.ambulantplayer.org/ Ambulant player] plays SMIL
* [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia Windows Mediaplayer] plays SAMI & SMIL
* [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia Windows Mediaplayer] plays SAMI & SMIL
* [http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Making_video_accessible JW Flash player] plays TimedText, e.g. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1532

Revision as of 17:40, 30 November 2008

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This page collects resources related to video accessibility.


Example data files

Videos with auditive annotations:

RealMedia player examples (probably SMIL)

Adobe Flash player examples


Examples of different subtitle formats:

Existing software

A pretty good list from WGBH


Authoring Software

Free software:

  • MAGpie from WGBH - captions and audio descriptions; Windows only - for DFXP (W3C TT), SAMI, SMIL, and QTtext

Proprietary software:

Playback Software

Open Source Software

SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer, VobSUB, DVD subtitles


Proprietary Software