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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

When and When Not to Add Audio Description to Content

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Audio Description Defined Audio description is defined as “the verbal depiction of key visual elements in media and live productions,” and is meant to provide information on visual content that is considered essential to the comprehension of the program. Audio description…

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Updated October 26, 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 30, 2023

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 February 10, 2021

Hearing Loss Is a Public Health Matter

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Approximately 30 million Americans report some extent of hearing loss. By the age of 65, one out of every three people will suffer from hearing loss. As the number of older adults continues to increase in the United States, hearing loss…

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Updated March 16, 2021

EdX’s Best Practices for Developing Accessible Online Course Content

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Settlement: edX, Inc. and US Department of Justice (DOJ) On April 2, 2015, edX entered into a voluntary settlement with the DOJ, agreeing to make their web-based content accessible. As an early adopter of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), edX, developed…

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Updated February 2, 2021

Historic Agreement Reached: Closed Captions Will Be Mandatory for US Airline In-Flight Entertainment

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

  A landmark agreement has just been reached between the US Department of Transportation (DOT), airlines, airplane manufacturers, video content providers, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and other disability advocate groups. Closed captioning will now be required for in-flight entertainment,…

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Updated February 22, 2023

Why UK Businesses Need to Subtitle Online Video

by Emily Griffin in Video Accessibility

  With businesses using web video for marketing, communication, recruitment, and training, subtitles are becoming an essential part of video production. Companies based in or conducting business in the United Kingdom cannot neglect this step in pre-recorded video. The two main reasons…

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Updated June 3, 2019
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