Computer-implemented media player to play multiple audio tracks at the same time to enable accessibility experiences

Abstract

Techniques for playing a first audio track for a video on a first audio device of a first audience member and simultaneously playing a second audio track that includes different content for the video than the first audio track on a second audio device of a second audience member by a single media player are described. According to some examples, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a media player, a manifest indicating a video, a first audio track for the video, and a second audio track comprising an audio-narrated description of the video; receiving an indication from a user of the media player that indicates a first audio device of a first audience member is to output the first audio track, and that indicates a second audio device of a second audience member is to output the second audio track; sending the video to a display coupled to the media player for displaying of the video to the first audience member and the second audience member; sending the first audio track, concurrently with the sending of the video to the display, to the first audio device of the first audience member by a first audio player of the media player; and sending the second audio track, concurrently with the sending of the video to the display and the sending of the first audio track to the first audio device, to the second audio device of the second audience member by a second audio player of the media player.