Sometimes things get better

[andrewducker]

I'd like to thank the BBC for putting the word "VIDEO" at the start of the headlines for all of the stories on their site which are predominantly videos*.

It makes it significantly easier to avoid opening pages which I either can't watch at work, or have no real interest in looking at at home.**

*On the RSS feed, that is. They use a little play button image on the site itself.

**I don't enjoy watching a talking head take five times as long to explain something than it would take me to read it myself. I'm not four, I can read for myself. The only time I'm interested in video news is when the image/footage itself is part of the news - i.e. rarely.

Comments

[lizw.livejournal.com]

I don't enjoy watching a talking head take five times as long to explain something than it would take me to read it myself.

Same here. If it's a site with a good accessibility policy, I will often go and read the transcript instead, but sadly too many sites still think accessibility is an optional extra. Occasionally I go and make a nuisance of myself by requesting them from sites that don't have good access, too - I figure that letting them know there's a demand from hearing people as well as Deaf and partially-hearing people can only help matters.

[alextfish.livejournal.com]

That's a good plan. Most of the time I don't care enough about videos I'm linked to to bother doing such a thing, but it's a sensible idea.

I'd be interested to see andrewducker do a poll about video vs text preferences. (I could do one on my flist, but it's about six people and I already know most of their opinions on the matter.)

[andrewducker]

That's a good point. They really should be providing transcripts.