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3Play’s Patent Playbook: Transforming Caption Placement at Scale with Automated Closed Caption Positioning

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

3Play’s Patent Playbook blog series tells the stories behind our patented technology. Learn how 3Play Media’s Research and Development (R&D) teams are spearheading innovation in accessibility tech and creating breakthroughs in the media accessibility industry at large. Captioning Best Practices for Media…

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March 22, 2024

Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Dubbing: The Key to High-Quality and Engaging Global Content

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

Human-In-The-Loop AI Dubbing Artificial intelligence (AI)-based dubbing solutions are emerging as a way to make videos accessible globally. But can AI deliver the quality necessary? Enter human-in-the-loop (HITL), a critical part of any successful AI dubbing workflow. In this blog, we will…

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Updated April 4, 2024

New Apple Podcasts Transcripts Are Changing the Way Users Consume Podcasts

by Rebecca Klein in User Engagement

Attention, all podcast creators! Get ready for a shift in podcast accessibility and listener engagement. Apple is taking an industry-defying leap forward with transcript support in the next iOS update, set to be released in March 2024. Apple will provide automatically generated…

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February 9, 2024

From the AI Evolution to Gen Z’s Closed Caption Expectations: 3Play Media co-CEOs Share Their 2024 Media Accessibility Predictions

by Jena Wallace in Industry Trends

Watch the Video: 3Play Media co-CEOs Josh Miller and Chris Antunes Share Their 2024 Media Accessibility Predictions Each year, 3Play Media co-founders and co-CEOs, Chris Antunes and Josh Miller, share their insights and predictions for the evolving media accessibility landscape. From government…

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February 5, 2024

Key Takeaways from UsableNet’s 2023 Year-End Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Report

by Rebecca Klein in Industry Trends

UsableNet’s 2023 Year-End Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Report UsableNet, a leader in the digital accessibility and usability space, ensures that the digital world and its contents (i.e., websites, videos, and mobile apps) are free of barriers and accessible to all users. Each year,…

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January 19, 2024

Takeaways from Lainey Feingold’s 2023 Digital Accessibility Legal Update

by Jena Wallace in Industry Trends

Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold – Part One [Free Webinar] At the end of each year, Lainey Feingold joins 3Play Media to share her annual digital accessibility legal update. Because 2023 was such an impactful year for digital accessibility news…

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Updated January 12, 2024

Key Insights from 3Play’s Giving Tuesday Celebration with the GAAD Foundation

by Jena Wallace in Events

Championing Inclusivity with the GAAD Foundation [Free Webinar] Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a global movement to inspire charity and generosity in communities everywhere. The day takes place each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The goal of Giving Tuesday…

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Updated December 20, 2023

Closed Caption Styling & Formatting Best Practices You Need to Know

by Jena Wallace in Industry Trends

Captioning Best Practices for Media & Entertainment [Free eBook] Closed caption styling is an important element of video production that significantly impacts video quality and accessibility.  Traditionally, caption styling best practices were determined by television networks, streaming services, and captioning professionals based…

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November 3, 2023

4 Benefits of Using AWS S3 in Captioning Workflows

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

5 Security Questions to Ask Your Closed Captioning Provider [Free eBook] Ensuring secure methods of data storage and transfer is a necessity in today’s digital world. As organizations across a variety of industries are moving towards the adoption of secure workflows for…

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October 25, 2023

3Play’s Patent Playbook: Revolutionizing Live Captioning Technology with Failover and Failback

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

3Play’s Patent Playbook blog series tells the stories behind our patented technology. Learn how 3Play Media’s Research and Development (R&D) teams are spearheading innovation in accessibility tech and creating breakthroughs in the media accessibility industry at large. The 2023 State of Automatic…

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Updated March 22, 2024

Understanding WCAG Guidelines

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

WCAG 2.0 & Beyond: Modernizing Web Accessibility [Free eBook] Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) remain among the most comprehensive and relevant accessibility standards since their inception over two decades ago. These guidelines offer a structured approach to creating digital content that is…

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Updated October 11, 2023

Closed Captioning Types: Learn the Difference Between Pop-On, Roll-Up, and Paint-On

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

Beginner’s Guide to Captioning [Free eBook] When beginning the process of ordering captions for your media, it can be easy to get bogged down with all the variations, customizations, and styles that can be applied to your captions. Even the decision of…

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July 3, 2023