captioning video
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A presentation about captioning idea for users with disabilities and others. Discusses the advantages of captioning and why it is important, as well as provides many tips and resources related to making videos more accessible.TRANSCRIPT
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!