How can we make digital content accessible for all? By harnessing the web's accessibility tools, such as YouTube's Closed Captioning tools.

1. Looking at Accessibility
Digital Think Tank

2. Overview
• Saskatchewan’s Disability Strategy
• What we’ve done
• Where we’re going

3. Creating Inclusive
CoCmreamtinug Inncitluiesivse Communities

4. In short…
7 partner
ministries 1 Disability
Strategy

5. What we’ve done
19 in-person
forums
province-wide
500+ in-person
participants

6. Example

7. How “we” see things
Jane Doe John Doe

8. How “they” see things
Jane Doe John Doe

9. Comparison

11. Multimedia
Amy’s welcome (English)
American Sign Language (ASL)
Cree welcome message

12. Multimedia
Amy’s welcome (English)
American Sign Language (ASL)
Cree welcome message

13. Closed Captioning on a budget

14. How did we get here?

15. CC walkthrough
Info & Settings

16. CC walkthrough
Subtitles and CC

17. CC walkthrough
English

18. CC walkthrough
Transcribe

19. CC walkthrough
Type away!

20. A modicum of time
5
steps in the
process

21. Stay connected
Brennen Schmidt
Communications Consultant, Ministry of Social Services
brennen.schmidt@gov.sk.ca
brenzens
brennenschmidt
www.brennenschmidt.ca

22. Slide deck posted
www.brennenschmidt.ca

24. Special Guest Presentation
Robin East
Sr. Infrastructure Support Analyst