Accessing Higher Ground - November 7, 2013 Accessibility Data: - More than 1 billion people have a disability - 56.7 million report a disability in the U.S. - 48 million (20%) in the U.S. have some hearing loss - 11% of postsecondary students report having a disability - 45% of 1.6 million veterans seek disability - 177,000+ veterans claimed hearing loss Captions are text that is time-sychronized with the media. They convey all spoken content as well as relevant sound effects. Captions originated in the early 1980s from an FCC mandate for broadcast TV. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act requires all Internet programming that previously aired on television with captions to have captions online, as well. The values of captioning include: - Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing - Accessibility for ESL viewers - Flexibility to view anywhere, such as noisy environments or offices - Search - Reusability - Navigation, better UX - SEO/discoverability - Used as source for translation Regis University has 475 courses online, and roughly 60% include video. They feel they have a duty to caption all video content for accessibility. All multimedia files have synchronized captions and/or provide transcripts for media. Their original captioning process was a nightmare. With Kaltura and 3Play Media, the captioning process is fully integrated and automated. They simply tag their videos for captioning with 3Play Media, and within 2 days the professional quality captions appear in their videos. Presenters: Nicole Croy eLearning Technologist Regis University Tole Khesin VP of Marketing 3Play Media

1. Accessible Video Captioning:
Regis University Case Study
Accessing Higher Ground – November 7, 2013
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist
Regis University
ncroy@regis.edu
+1.303.964.5047
Tole Khesin
3Play Media
tole@3playmedia.com
+1.415.298.1206
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2. Agenda
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Highlights from recent accessibility data
Captioning basics
Accessibility laws
Value propositions
Regis University overview
Accessibility policy
Workflow, tools, and technologies
Q&A
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3. Poll
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4. Accessibility - a Growing Concern
‣ Worldwide: 1 billion people have a disability
‣ U.S.: 56.7 million have a disability (48 million
related to hearing)
‣ U.S.: 11% of higher ed students have a
disability
‣ U.S.: 45% of 1.6 million veterans sought
disability (177,000 related to hearing loss)
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6. What Are Captions?
‣ Text that has been time-synchronized with the
media
‣ Captions convey all spoken content as well as
relevant sound effects
‣ Originated in the early 1980s from an FCC
mandate for broadcast TV
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7. What Are Captions?
Terminology
‣ Captioning vs. Transcription
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8. What Are Captions?
Terminology
‣ Captioning vs. Transcription
‣ Captioning vs. Subtitling
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9. What Are Captions?
Terminology
‣ Captioning vs. Transcription
‣ Captioning vs. Subtitling
‣ Closed vs. Open Captioning
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10. What Are Captions?
Terminology
‣ Captioning vs. Transcription
‣ Captioning vs. Subtitling
‣ Closed vs. Open Captioning
‣ Post Production vs. Real-Time
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11. How Are Captions Used?
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12. Caption Formats
SRT Example
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
Emerging standards for HTML5
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13. Accessibility Laws
Section 508
‣ Added to Rehabilitation Act in 1986
‣ Applies to federal agencies and organizations
with federal subsidies
Section 504
‣ Part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
‣ Anti-discrimination law
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14. Accessibility Laws
Section 508
‣ Added to Rehabilitation Act in 1986
‣ Applies to federal agencies and organizations
with federal subsidies
Section 504
‣ Part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
‣ Anti-discrimination law
ADA
‣ Title II (public entities) + Title III (commercial
entities)
‣ Netflix lawsuit implications
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15. Accessibility Laws
Section 508
‣ Added to Rehabilitation Act in 1986
‣ Applies to federal agencies and organizations
with federal subsidies
Section 504
‣ Part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
‣ Anti-discrimination law
ADA
‣ Title II (public entities) + Title III (commercial
entities)
‣ Netflix lawsuit implications
CVAA
‣ Applies to content that airs on TV + Internet
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16. Value Propositions?
‣ Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing
‣ For ESL viewers
‣ Flexibility to view in noise-sensitive environments
‣ Search
‣ Reusability
‣ Navigation, better UX
‣ SEO/discoverability
‣ Used as source for translation
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17. Poll
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18. Enterprise-Level Online & Blended Courses
475 Course Online
Roughly 60% include Video
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19. We feel we have a duty to make ALL
required course materials accessible
to ALL learners.
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20. 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/
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21. “The course contains
alternatives to auditory
and visual content”
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22. “An equivalent experience for all users.”
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23. “All multimedia files have synchronized captions and/or
provide transcripts for media.”
All required videos are
closed-captioned
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25. Original Captioning Process
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3-4 Days
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26. Voice  Text
Poor Accuracy
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Manual Text
Clean-up
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8 hrs - 2 Days
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28. http://cpsdl2.regis.edu/kaltura_test/interactive_transcriptDEMO.html
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29. Q&A
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist
Regis University
ncroy@regis.edu
+1.303.964.5047
Tole Khesin
3Play Media
tole@3playmedia.com
+1.617.764.5189 X103
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