Link to presentation: The NPS.gov Media Player: An Accessible Option for All Government

Staff from the United States Department of the Interior demo a workflow for ensuring that video on the National Park Service (NPS) website is accessible to users with disabilities.

• Uses the open source video player software VideoJS that has been built for keyboard and screen reader compatibility.

• Supports captions in multiple languages.

• Supports superimposed sign language video.

• Supports audio description and extended audio description tracks. Audio track can be switched during video playback.

• Scans video library for media files that lack accessibility features.

• NPS’s code on GitHub: Audio/Video Processing Pipeline on AWS.

• Demo: The Narrows, Zion National Park