Video Captioning for Accessibility: University of Florida and Regis University

Demo their Solutions

Tole Khesin VP of Marketing 3Play Media

Nicole Croy E-Learning Technologist Regis University

Jason Neely College of Education – Distance Learning University of Florida

Kaltura Video Education Summit 2012

Agenda

Captioning basics

Accessibility legislation

Value propositions

Interactive captions + transcripts

Regis University presentation

University of Florida presentation

Questions

What Are Captions?

• Captions are text that is time-synchronized with the media

• Captions convey all spoken content as well as relevant sound effects

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

• Post Production vs. Real-Time

How Are Captions Used?

Accessibility Legislation

Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…”

Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

Accessibility Legislation

21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) “Closed captioning on video programming delivered using internet protocol….”

Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…”

Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

Accessibility Legislation

CVAA Phase-In Timeline Sept 30, 2012: All prerecorded programming that is not edited for Internet distribution

Mar 30, 2013: Live & near-live programming originally broadcast on television.

Sep 30, 2013 : Prerecorded programming that is edited for Internet distribution.

Mar 30, 2014: Archival programming

Value Propositions • Accessible for deaf and hard of hearing

• For ESL viewers

• Flexibility to view anywhere

• Search

• Reusability

• Navigation

• SEO/discoverability

• Used as source for translation

Captioning Process

1. Upload 2. Download 3. Publish

Step 1 - Upload Media Files

Step 2 - Download Captions File

Step 3 – Publish Captions

Captions Formats Common Captions Formats

SRT YouTube and other web players

DFXP Flash players

SCC iPods, iTunes, DVD encoding

SAMI Windows Media

QT QuickTime

STL DVD Studio Pro

CPT.XML Captionate

SBV YouTube

RT Real Media

WebVTT Emerging HTML5

Custom XML Custom formats

Custom Text Custom formats

SRT Example

Simplifying the Workflow Video Player / Platform Integrations

Captions Plugin

• Works with most video players

• Searchable • Supports multiple

languages • SEO boost • Customizable • Free

Interactive Transcript

Enterprise-Level Online & Blended Courses

465 Courses Online

Roughly 60% include Video

http://www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=facst&p1=cpsdld

We feel we have a duty to make ALL required course materials accessible

to ALL learners.

Resources for Captioning Requirements & Techniques

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#media-equiv Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAim) http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/

“an equivalent experience for all users.”

“All multimedia files have synchronized captions and/or provide transcripts for media.”

All required video is closed-captioned

Original Captioning Process

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4 3-4 Days 5

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Voice Text

Poor Accuracy =

Manual Text Clean-up

1 2

8 hrs - 2 Days

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http://cpsdl2.regis.edu/kaltura_test/techFair_presentation/indexV2.html

Video accessibility in the UF College of Education

Jason Neely Office of Distance Learning University of Florida Kaltura Video Education Summit 2012

• CoE Distance Learning office grew from 3 full time employees and a GA to over 15 full time employees and 5 GAs – ID & Support, Developers, a Graphic

Designer, and a Marketing & Recruitment Team

• CoE Distance Learning office is

separate from the rest of UF

• UF in the process of updating its current policy – Based on the W3C Web Accessibility

Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ – Demand oriented

• http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/col

lege.index.htm

• Videos are widely used in our courses

• Most videos used in courses are transcribed

• Other accommodations are made as needed – ASL interpreter

Questions?

Nicole Croy | Regis University ncroy@regis.edu Jason Neely | University of Florida jkneely@coe.ufl.edu Tole Khesin | 3Play Media tole@3playmedia.com