Terrill Thompson, Very Able Player for Accessible Video

Video is everywhere on the web, but where is the accessibility of standard website video players? Does your player permit keyboard control? . . . viewport enlarging? . . . screenreader use?

Answering these queries and more will be Terrill Thompson, and he should know. Terrill is the creator and lead developer of Able Player, an open source HTML media player devised with accessibility in mind.

By day, Terrill is manager of the IT Accessibility Team at the University of Washington, where he builds community, develops resources, delivers lectures and workshops, conducts accessibility evaluations, provides consultation and support to a wide variety of constituents, and conducts research.

But at night, Terrill focuses on solutions to inaccessible video, bringing lightness and fairness to web video players everywhere. CLACK! ZOOM!

Terrill has nearly thirty years of experience in the IT accessibility field, and has presented internationally at numerous conferences and has consulted widely with local and state government, private industry, and K-12 + postsecondary education entities on IT accessibility issues.

This will be a power packed educational event. We encourage attendees to take a preliminary look at the list of Able Player features that will be covered so you have your questions ready. (opens in new window) https://bit.ly/Able-Player-TerrillThompson

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Who should attend?

Our meetup is inclusive. This event is for people who love WordPress and Accessibility and want to share their knowledge, experience, and to meet other WordPress users in the area. Both experienced and beginner WordPress designers and developers are encouraged to attend and participate.

We do have a few rules.

In line with the mission of WordPress, our meetup was established using 4 of the 5 Good Faith Rules from Make WordPress (see our website: https://wa11ywp.org/meetup-4-good-faith-rules/).

Also please check our Code of Conduct (https://wa11ywp.org/meetup-code-of-conduct/).
We’re a friendly bunch, always striving to offer a nurturing, encouraging environment where we can all talk and learn Web Accessibility while expanding our knowledge of WordPress.

NO sales pitches of products or services to the group, please.

We, the organizers/hosts, do not endorse any specific product we may introduce; our only intention is to educate.

ALSO: No legal discussion or advice please, unless you are a practicing civil rights or disability rights attorney and not just someone playing one on YouTube . . .

NOTE: Please update your RSVP if you later find that you cannot attend.

We are committed to making this Meetup fully accessible, and live captions will be available through the Closed Captioning setting in the Zoom window. For more details on accessing the Closed Captioning during this meeting, please refer to Zoom’s Closed Captioning tutorial: (https://bit.ly/3CuALx0)

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** A very special thank you to Sumner M. Davenport & Assoc. LLC for sponsoring the Zoom video conferencing services and live captioning for this Meetup. **

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Please do not share the event link; only group members who have RSVP'd will be admitted.