Embedding VideoAsk without answer options in Typeform

Hey @Davin first of all, really cool to see that you’re using VideoAsk as a way to communicate with ASL! As you’ve spotted, the Typeform embed doesn’t use code, it’s just the link to the vidoeask, so it’s not possible to use that parameter to make it ?justvideo

Have you tried Delay answer option display so the button options appear at the end of the message and don’t cover the video for as long? Hopefully that could be a workaround, but let me know if it wouldn’t work in this case! Will definitely add this as a feature request in the meantime.

@Grace this is a helpful but not ideal solution. Many of our videos are short (20-30 seconds), so respondents are still likely to see the unnecessary buttons pop up after each one. We could add a black screen to the end of our videos, but then that eats into our monthly minutes…

Alternatively, is there a way to embed videos from the VideoAsk media library into Typeform?

Please let us know if this can be addressed quickly; we have several major projects contingent on this. If we cannot find a solution, we will need to seriously consider abandoning VideoAsk and Typeform altogether.

Hey @Davin in order to get to the next step of a videoask, they will need to click a button, especially if they’re sending you a video response so it’s not possible to get rid of it completely (unless you don’t need them to answer) 

@Liz is there a way to add a video to a typeform that isn’t a YouTube/Vimeo style link?

@Grace , we usually will not want our respondents to get to the next step of a VideoAsk.

Take this for an example:

For a multiple choice question, we’d want respondents to be able to watch the ASL translation of the question and answers, but respond in Typeform by clicking a button (EX: “Which ice cream flavor do you prefer? A. Chocolate, B. Vanilla, C. Strawberry, D. I do not like ice cream.) In this instance we would NOT want them to respond using VideoAsk. We’d only want them to see one video (the translation of “which ice cream flavor do you prefer” and its answers), then proceed to answer using the Typeform buttons.

For an open-ended question, we’d want want respondents to be able to watch the ASL translation of the question and answers, and respond in VideoAsk if they wish to respond using ASL. (EX: “Why don’t you like ice cream?”). Then they’d submit their video using the embedded VideoAsk, then click “next” on the typeform. If they opt to respond in English/Spanish, they could do so via the Typeform.

Ideally, we’d be able to have standalone videos (rather than always embedding VideoAsks, and thus making a few dozen separate VideoAsks, each with one video, for one survey), and only embed VideoAsks if we have multiple open-ended questions back-to-back.

Again, the issue we are running up against is that YouTube has ads, and Vimeo will be extremely expensive for us given the number of separate videos we have (we will quickly exceed the $65/mo plan which only allows for 240 videos a year)… plus the look/feel will be clearly different from that of the embedded VideoAsk videos.

Awesome thanks for explaining this @Davin 🙌 I can 100% see how helpful it would be to be able to embed video only in this instance. Let me check up on this with the team and find out if it’s on the road map/there’s another workaround available

@andrew_videoask - that did the trick, thank you!!!! Strangely enough, we were getting a 404 error every time we tried this yesterday. I’m not sure what changed, but we are thrilled it is working now!

Also, it may be worth noting that if you go directly to the VideoAsk URL with the ?justvideo tag, the button still shows up. This is not a concern for us, but I thought it was worth mentioning in case others view this thread.

Amazing @andrew_videoask thanks for sharing! 

Hey @Davin do you think once it’s all ready you’d be up for sharing the typeform so we can see it all in action? It’d be great to see how you’ve put everything together 😊

Glad it worked, @Davin!

Re: ?justvideo seemingly not having an effect if you go directly to the URL, this is expected behavior. It will only work if the videoask embed is less than 1,024 pixels AND the parameter is applied.

Happy videoasking 🙂

Hi Typeform team, thanks again for your help with this issue. Everything is working as intended, however, I wanted to make you aware that for our use purposes, embedding VideoAsks in Typeform is still a bit convoluted. For instance, we have one branching survey with 125 questions total; this requires us to make 125 separate VideoAsks, each with one video. (And that’s just one of several surveys!)

It would be amazing if we could embed videos directly from the media library, which would cut down on this busywork significantly. Please add it to your feature request list if it’s not on the list already!

Hey @Davin great feedback, thank you so much for sharing I’ll make sure this gets added to the feature request board!