Thanks for testing this. Quite a bummer. In my googling, I came across some articles from last year talking about google chrome and netflix using html5, so I was hoping that was in place and voFriendly.
Watching netflix movies on the iPad are accessible. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Mar 2, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Minor correction in case folks are looking for the plugins: it's Silverlight > with a g-h and not i-t-e., as I had spelled it earlier. Also, I just tried > Silverlight with Google Chrome, and the controls are not accessible with VO. > It's possible to play Netflix videos, as it is in Safari, bt not possible to > use the play and pause controls, etc. > > Teresa > > "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Hi, traci, >> >> As far as I'm aware, Netflix uses the Microsoft Silverlite player, which is >> not particularly accessible with VO. You can go to a page and play files, >> but the controls for playback are hidden from VO. If you've heard >> differently, let me know. The upshot is that if Silverlite is the only way >> to access video playback, it doesn't matter what browser you use. Each >> browser will need a Silverlite plugin in order to play the videos. >> >> If you want to try Google Chrome, it is easy to get going once you download. >> The only major problem with VO is that frames on web pages aren't read well >> at all. >> >> HTH, >> Teresa >> >> "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. >> Feynman >> >> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Traci wrote: >> >>> Ok, great! >>> >>> If I decided to give Chrome a whirl, to test out Netflix, is it an easy >>> experiment? Meaning, once I download and install, do I go to system >>> preferences to choose how I surf the web? If I don't like Chrome, is it >>> easy to switch back to Safari? >>> >>> Lol, I'll have to look up some podcasts to learn more. >>> >>> If this makes Netflix more VO Friendly, it could be cool. >>> >>> Traci >>> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >>> >>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Chrome works just fine on the Mac now. You can just use it with >>>> voiceover. The screen reader plugin isn't necessary. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Michael Malarsie <michael.malar...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't know anything about Chrome on the Mac. I downloaded in on my PC >>>>> afew months ago and it was completely inaccessible. I did some reserch >>>>> and found out that before it will work with JAWS there is some third >>>>> party software that must be downloaded first. >>>>> Other than that i don't know anything about it.. >>>>> >>>>> Mike Malarsie >>>>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Traci wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Any users out there of Netflix and Chrome? >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been googling to see alternatives to streaming Netflix and came >>>>>> across many articles talking about Netflix and html5 for Chrome and >>>>>> Linex. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was wondering if the Chrome experience was better with VO? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Traci >>>>>> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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