ANASTASIA TREKLES, PH.D.
Captioning Videos for Accessibility
• Provide text transcripts of a video or webcast
• Can be used for translation and to accommodate the deaf and hard of hearing
• Increases understanding for all!
What are captions?
• Helps all viewers understand dialogue and sound effects in video
• Helps with word recognition and fluency
• Makes video accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing
Why do captions matter?
• Captions should be onscreen long enough to be read
• Limit to no more than two lines
• Synchronize as well as possible with the spoken word
• Punctuation and italics can clarify meaning
• Describe sound effects when they convey meaning
• All actual words are captioned
Captioning Best Practices
• There are several tools available to help you caption videos you produce
• Camtasia has captioning built-in
• YouTube has online caption editing services
• Subtitle Workshop is a free tool that allows you to write or import captions to almost any type of video
Tools for Captioning
• Echo360 and longer in-house videos can be transcribed or captioned by an outside vendor on an as-needed basis
• Publisher-created materials must be captioned/transcribed by the publisher, or permission must be granted to do it ourselves
• Consult with Disability Services about these issues should they arise in your course
What about Publisher and Echo360 videos?
• http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8.html
• http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/modules/multimedia/tut_camtasia_studio.php
• Camtasia can import transcript text and turn them into captions
• Or, you can use the automatic speech recognition to create captions – make sure you edit!!
Camtasia
• http://captiontube.appspot.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4WJs94FfY
• http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/easy-youtube-caption-creator/
• You can add captions to YouTube videos if you own (uploaded) them
• Upload a caption file with time codes
• Or, provide a transcript with no time codes and use automatic syncing
• Automatic captioning available but you MUST EDIT!
YouTube
• Keep your PowerPoints accessible: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/creating-accessible-powerpoint-presentations-HA102013555.aspx
• PowerPoint can be its own “transcript” if you use the Notes section to provide detailed information on each slide
PowerPoint
• Student/Classroom: Contact the Disability Services office with request for accommodation
• Staff/Faculty: Contact Office of Institutional Equity (Laura Odom, x5545)
• Community Events: Contact Physical Facilities Coordinator(Ella Taylor, x5531)
Support for Captioning Services
• Lecture video for EDCI 27000: http://www.screencast.com/t/J4X3No9kiu
• Described and Captioned Media Program (many free-loan videos on a lot of topics): http://www.dcmp.org
• Cap That! Links to libraries with captions: http://www.capthat.com.au/resources/find-captioned-videos
• Great automatic caption “fail”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEKdOxQhf0s
Some Examples and Resources
Reach us at: • [email protected] • Twitter and Facebook: @PNCOLT• http://www.pnc.edu/distance for all workshop notes, links, and training needs
Thanks!