About
Kaltura's v7 Player is designed for accessibility. It fully supports keyboard navigation, designed to work with common screen readers and was tested to work on modern web browsers and assistive technology, including the JAWS ® from Freedom Scientific, NVDA screen reader from NV Access (on Windows), and VoiceOver from Apple (on Mac).
The Kaltura player VPAT report covers the degree of conformance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 and can be downloaded from here.
Keyboard navigation guide
General navigation and actions
- Tab - navigate forward
- Shift + Tab - navigate backward
- Enter - activate the link
- Enter or Spacebar - activate the button
- Spacebar - check/uncheck a checkbox
- Esc - close dialogs and exit full screen view
Radio buttons
- Spacebar - select the focused option (if not selected)
- ↑/↓ or ←/→ - navigate between options
- Tab - leave the group of radio buttons
Select (dropdown) menu
- ↑/↓ - navigate between options
- Spacebar - expand
- Enter/Esc - select option and collapse
Slider
- ↑/↓ or ←/→ - increase or decrease slider value
- Home/End - beginning or end of video and/or transcript
- PageUp/PageDown can move by larger increments
Tab panel
- Tab - once to navigate into the group of tabs and once to navigate out of the group of tabs
- ↑/↓ or ←/→ - choose and activate previous/next tab.
Scroll
- ↑/↓ - scroll vertically
- ←/→ - scroll horizontally
- Spacebar/Shift + Spacebar - scroll by page
Note about embeds
While the Kaltura player is accessible once loaded, screen readers may not announce the purpose of the video before playback unless the surrounding embed is labeled correctly. For example, if you're embedding the player in an iframe or using a thumbnail-based embed, you’ll need to provide a title or description on the page.
For tips on how to make your embedded videos screen reader-friendly, see Making Kaltura video embeds accessible to screen readers.
