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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

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162 points Aissen | 2 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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chriskanan ◴[13 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42130234[source]▶
I don't understand why in the current era we don't have videos just post-processed by the media player / TV. That seems like it would increase accessibility while not irritating folks who do not have epilepsy.

I tried to search to see if something like a plugin existed for VLC, and I didn't find anything. Seems like it should be solvable at least if the media can be parsed ahead of time or with some delay for a live feed.

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1. wizzwizz4 ◴[13 Nov 24 21:55 UTC] No.42130491[source]▶
The software to do this doesn't exist. We have some software to assess the "epilepsy-safety" of a given piece of media, but it's proprietary and afaik not realtime.

There was a bounty to make an open-source replacement, but I've lost my link. I've still got the WCAG info sheet, though: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/three-flashes-or... if anyone wants to have a go. (I'd suggest making a standalone application, plus something that works with GStreamer.)

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2. NavinF ◴[14 Nov 24 00:33 UTC] No.42131834[source]▶
That is incorrect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42130656