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What the Blick Art Materials Case Means for Corporate Website Accessibility

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

On August 1, a judge in the Eastern District of New York allowed a class action website accessibility lawsuit against Blick Art Materials, LLC to move forward marking a big win for disability rights advocates. The plaintiff, who himself happens to be…

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Updated February 23, 2021

5 Community Colleges Doing Captioning Right

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

Closed captions help students study more efficiently, watch videos in sound-sensitive environments, and are an accommodation for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Bottom line – we know the benefits of captioning for college students are widespread. If captioning and…

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Updated June 26, 2024

Q&A: Accessible Video at Amazon

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Amazon is no stranger to the need for – and the benefits of – accessible products. Many of Amazon’s employees have disabilities themselves. These individuals are directly involved with product design and development, and take part in internal beta testing. This…

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Updated February 2, 2021

Takeaways From the FedEx and Target ADA Accessibility Lawsuits

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

How the ADA Impacts Online Video Accessibility [Free White Paper] Accessibility lawsuits can tell us a lot about what makes an organization accessible to both employees and customers. Two ADA-based lawsuits against international shipper FedEx and retail giant Target highlight the importance…

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Updated March 26, 2024

Does Closed Captioning Improve Reading and Literacy in Children?

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Literacy development is a keystone to a child’s overall development. Finding tools that help improve literacy can be significantly helpful for children developing their reading skills. So, does closed captioning improve reading skills, and can it be used as a tool to…

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Updated March 30, 2021
Editing Auto-Captions, Auto-Captions Only, or Re-Captioning

Editing Auto-Captions, Auto-Captions Only, or Re-Captioning

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

Nobody’s perfect. Not even computers… While artificial intelligence still isn’t that great at understanding human speech, reliance on automatic captioning is pervasive. In fact, YouTube recently announced that their auto-captioning feature, which relies on articial intelligence for speech recognition, has added automatic…

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Updated February 2, 2021

5 YouTube Channels Doing Captioning Right

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

As people learn more about the many benefits of video captioning, and about the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who who can benefit from captioning, the world is increasingly beginning to notice the cavernous gap between the volume of video published…

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Updated February 23, 2021

Why It’s Hard to Re-Use Your Live Captions or Transcripts for Post-Production

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  What Is Live Captioning? The dictionary defines captioning as “the title of a scene, the text of a speech, etc., superimposed on the film projected onto the screen.” So what happens when a Deaf or hard of hearing viewer attends a…

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Updated April 16, 2021

5 Ways to Pay for Captioning With Grants and Funding

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

Download the Brief: Sources of Grants and Funding for Closed Captioning One issue that many online video producers face is how to pay for closed captioning. Many video producers in higher education, entertainment, and eLearning are required by law to caption their…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Best Practices for Creating Accessible Video for Blind and Low-Vision Viewers

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

When recording video content – whether it be a lecture in front of a large audience, a small presentation in a meeting, or a movie trailer – there are several best practices to make adding audio description easier, or even alleviate the…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Audio Description Lawsuits: Netflix, Hamilton, UC Berkeley, and AMC Theatres

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

Audio Description Legal Requirements In the US, audio description is required under many of the same anti-discrimination laws that require closed captioning. This includes the 21st Century Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 and Section 508 of…

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Updated August 23, 2024

UC Berkeley Revoking Public Access to Educational Media, Cites Captioning Expenses

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

In a recent letter to their campus community, the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) announced that they are revoking public access to their free, legacy Course Capture (classroom lecture) videos and podcasts. Beginning on March 15, 2017, all 20,000+ online educational…

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Updated August 7, 2024
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