Video Accessibility

Closed captions are an important factor in making video accessible for all audiences, including live streamed events. After the pandemic gave rise to a renewed popularity of virtual events, more organizations are looking for live captioning solutions – but keep in mind,…

How to Remove YouTube’s Automatic Captions

After uploading a video to YouTube, you may notice that YouTube’s automatic captions are turned on. Regardless of whether you’ve uploaded your own captions or have created captions with YouTube’s transcription interface, the platform will still display auto captions as an option…

How to Translate Videos into Foreign Languages

As the world continues to become more interconnected, it’s important to create content that has the ability to reach a global audience – which often entails translating your video content to a foreign language. Technology has given people around the world access…

How Drop and Non-Drop Frame Timecodes Affect Closed Captions

If you’ve never heard of drop frame (DF) timecode or non-drop frame (NDF) timecode, that’s no problem. After reading this blog, you’ll have the knowledge you need to utilize DF and NDF for captions and to even teach others about it. First,…

November 4, 2021

U.S. Laws for Video Accessibility: ADA, Section 508, CVAA, and FCC Mandates

Are you breaking video accessibility laws and don’t even know it? If you produce or distribute videos in the United States, your content may be subject to federal regulations regarding accessibility for people who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing. Accessibility laws…

Updated August 30, 2023

How Long Does It Take to Manually Caption Videos?

While it’s certainly a luxury to have video content captioned for you, many people find the cost of third-party captioning services to be prohibitive. Do-it-yourself methods of writing closed captions exist as a cost-free solution, but the true cost lies in the…

Updated October 3, 2023

The New Normal: A 2021 Snapshot of Video Accessibility in Higher Education

When the pandemic started, many higher education institutions faced unknown territory. The pandemic forced educators and students to learn new technologies, prioritize video as a classroom tool, and interact in virtual environments. Now, almost two years later, video’s role in higher education…

October 22, 2021

TikTok Accessibility: How to Add Captions and Other Best Practices

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

With over two billion lifetime downloads and 50 million daily active users in the U.S. alone, TikTok is one of the most popular apps of our time, particularly among Gen Z. However, the platform’s accessibility features leave something to be desired. While…

Updated October 18, 2023

The Influencer’s Guide to Social Media Accessibility

Since its inception, social media has taken the world by storm. According to Hootsuite, there are more than 4.48 billion social media users worldwide – a little more than half of the global population. As our society relies more on digital technology,…

October 19, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Caption and Description Formats for Popular Video Players

Ever wondered what type of caption & audio description formats your video player will require? Here, we’ll break down the most popular video players and the formats they require to make video accessible. Caption Formats There are plenty of caption formats out…

Squid Game’s Subtitles: When Meaning Gets Lost in Translation

Discover the Benefits of Translation and Subtitling Squid Game, a shocking dystopian thriller about class and capitalism in Korea, is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched show of all time. Viewers in hundreds of countries are binge-watching the Korean-language drama…

Updated January 19, 2022

The Most Essential Accessible Tools for Working From Home

As the working world was forced to adapt amidst a global pandemic, we saw the rise of more accessible work from home tools (which offer numerous benefits to employees & employers alike) that become integral to the hybrid work environment. Accenture’s 2021…