Created 7/6/2012
Last Reviewed 1/10/2018
Versions 7.x, 7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 8.x

Issue

Below are tips for using JAWS 10.0 and Window-Eyes 7.0.1 to log into the Mediasite system and navigate players (screen reader layout), catalogs (mobile layout), and the search application.

Solution

Ctrl-Z toggles the player’s screen reader layout on and off. In this mode, all playback controls are simple buttons on the page, and users will navigate between them using the Tab and Shift-Tab keys.

Note: Shift-Tab navigates in reverse, for example, to go back to a previous control. Also, in the search application, logging into the Mediasite system is not required. However, without logging in, only presentations available for anonymous viewing will be included in search results.

JAWS 10.0

Log into the Mediasite system

  1. When the Mediasite Login Form loads, Navigation Quick Keys is on.
  2. Tab to the Login link and press Enter.
  3. Use Insert+N to toggle Navigation Quick keys mode off. This may need to be repeated once on each new page.
  4. Type your username and press the Tab key to move to the Password field.
  5. Type your password and press the Tab key to move to the Remember Me checkbox.
  6. Press the Tab key to move to the Sign In button and press Enter to log in.

Navigate players        

  1. After the player loads, use Ctrl+Z to display the screen reader layout.
  2. Use the Tab/Shift-Tab key to cycle through its controls. After a control is voiced, press the Enter key to use it.

Navigate catalogs

  1. Use the Tab/Shift-Tab key to cycles first through the folders and then any presentations contained within each folder.
  2. To navigate to a presentation’s summary, press Enter after the screen reader voices it and then tab through the controls available for it.

Search and navigate results in the Search application

When the Mediasite Search Form loads, Navigation Quick Keys is on. Users must turn Navigation Quick Keys off to enter search terms.

  1. Use Insert+N to toggle Navigation Quick keys mode off (this may need to be repeated once on each new page).
  2. Tab to the text edit box and type in search text.
  3. Hit enter (or tab to the Search button and hit enter) to run the search.
  4. Tab to the search results. These are read out as “[presentation title] link.” Hit enter on the link to launch the player.
  5. [optional] Tab to a folder name and hit enter to list only results from the selected folder.
  6. [optional] Tab to a primary presenter name and hit enter to list only results for the selected presenter.
  7. [optional] Tab to a catalog name and hit enter to list only results from the selected catalog.
  8. [optional] Tab to the “Sort results by” combo box and use the arrow keys to change the sorting option (Relevance or Name). Hit enter to apply the selected sort order.
  9. [optional] Tab to the “Show details” link under each presentation and hit enter to open lists of matches from closed captioning or slide OCR data, with links to open the presentation at that time point.

Window-Eyes

Window-Eyes reverts back to its default settings each time a new web page is loaded.

Log into the Mediasite system

  1. Tab to the Login link and press Enter.
  2. Type your username and press the Tab key to move to the Password field.
  3. Type your password and press the Tab key to move to the Remember Me checkbox.
  4. Press the Tab key to move to the Sign In button and press Enter to log in.

Navigate players

  1. After the player loads, use Ctrl+Z to display the screen reader layout.
  2. Return focus to the web browser.
  3. Use the Tab/Shift-Tab key to navigate through the player. Click Enter after a control is voiced to select it.

Navigate catalogs

  1. Use the Tab/Shift-Tab key to navigate tabs through the folders first and then any presentations contained within each folder.
  2. To navigate to a presentation’s summary, press Enter after the screen reader voices it and then tab through the controls available for it

Search and navigate results in the Search application

  1. Tab to the text edit box and type in search text.
  2. Hit enter (or tab to the Search button and hit enter) to run the search.
  3. Tab to the search results. These are read out as “[presentation title] link.” Hit enter on the link to launch the player.
  4. [optional] Tab to a folder name and hit enter to list only results from the selected folder.
  5. [optional] Tab to a primary presenter name and hit enter to list only results for the selected presenter.
  6. [optional] Tab to a catalog name and hit enter to list only results from the selected catalog.
  7. [optional] Tab to the “Sort results by” combo box and use the arrow keys to change the sorting option (Relevance or Name). Hit enter to apply the selected sort order.
  8. [optional] Tab to the “Show details” link under each presentation and hit enter to open lists of matches from closed captioning or slide OCR data, with links to open the presentation at that time point.

 

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