Top 15 Able Player Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Able Player is a fully accessible cross-browser media player. It uses the HTML5

Feature Highlights

Supports both audio and video.
Supports either a single audio track or an entire playlist.
A full set of player controls that are keyboard-accessible, properly labeled for screen reader users , and controllable by speech recognition users.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts that enable the player to be operated from anywhere on the web page (unless there are multiple instances of the player on a given page; then the player must have focus for keyboard shortcuts to work).
High contrast, scalable controls that remain visible in Windows High Contrast mode, plus an easy-to-see focus indicator so keyboard users can easily tell which control currently has focus.
Support for closed captions and subtitles in Web Video Timed Text (WebVTT) format, the standard format recommended by the HTML5 specification.
Support for chapters, also using WebVTT. Chapters are specific landing points in the video, allowing video content to have structure and be more easily navigated.
Support for text-based audio description, also using WebVTT. At designated times, the description text is read aloud by screen readers. Users can optionally set their player to pause when audio description starts in order to avoid conflicts between the description and program audio. ...

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