Layout view

YouTube Copyright Rules: Can You Caption Public YouTube Videos?

by Jaclyn Lazzari in Video Accessibility

YouTube is a treasure trove of information, entertainment, and educational video. One of the challenges of using YouTube for education is that most public videos lack accurate closed captions, which are required for accessibility compliance. If you want to add captions to…

Read More
Updated September 20, 2023

New Zealand Web Accessibility & Closed Captioning: Laws, Standards, & Trends

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Every New Zealander deserves equal access to media content. There are over 800,000 Kiwis living with hearing loss, or 1 out of 6 people, who don’t have adequate and consistent access to news, sporting events, television shows, and movies like their hearing counterparts. New…

Read More
Updated May 1, 2020

Press Release: 3Play Media Receives Significant Investment from Riverside Partners

by Lily Bond in Press Release

Boston, MA (May 14, 2019) – 3Play Media, the leading provider of high-quality, fast-turnaround video accessibility services at scale, announced today that it has received a significant investment from Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. 3Play Media provides premium video captioning,…

Read More
Updated June 3, 2019

Benefits of A11y to Viewers

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, simply put, accessibility is something that is capable of being easily seen or used. From a design perspective, accessibility is designing products and services in mind so that it can be accessed by everyone – including people…

Read More
Updated March 13, 2024

How to Choose the Right Video Accessibility Vendor

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

When choosing a video accessibility vendor, you want to find one that is reliable, accurate, and cost-effective. The right video accessibility vendor can make a big difference to your operations. But with many vendors to choose from, it’s easy to get overwhelmed.…

Read More
Updated July 30, 2019

The Benefits of Accessible Video for Publishers

by Jaclyn Lazzari in Video Accessibility

The power of accessible video is far-reaching, and there are many ways in which captions and audio description can benefit video publishers. Captions can boost SEO and improve the learning experience for students, and audio description lends itself to universal design and…

Read More
Updated June 28, 2019

How to Caption Social Media Videos and Boost Engagement

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Adding captions to the videos you post on social media is a must. Especially on Facebook, people tend to watch social video with the sound off and videos autoplay without sound. So, captions can help enormously with catching viewer attention. Captions also…

Read More
Updated February 10, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Is Good, but Is It Good Enough for Captions?

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

“Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs, and perform human-like tasks.” In other words, rather than programming machines with a single rule for output, they are taught to recognize patterns and then utilize…

Read More
Updated August 28, 2019

Automatic Captions: Are They Helping or Hindering Students?

by Jaclyn Lazzari in Video Accessibility

In the 2019 State of Captioning report, 37% of respondents indicated that they use automatic captions for educational videos. At the same time, 50% said that they’re aware automatic captions don’t fulfill the legal requirements. These findings seem to conflict, so I…

Read More
Updated June 11, 2019

The Forest and the Trees: Scaling for Enterprise-Level Digital Accessibility

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

  In the webinar entitled, “The Forest and the Trees: Scaling for Enterprise-Level Digital Accessibility,” Kathryn Weber-Hottleman discusses the narrow practical how-tos and the broad organizational plan for a digital accessibility program. Kathryn brings many years of experience as the IT Accessibility…

Read More
Updated October 19, 2022

Captioning Accuracy: How to Measure Error Rates

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

We use automated speech recognition (ASR) software to make many of our daily tasks easier. Maybe your morning routine starts with asking Alexa the weather forecast for the day, having Siri transcribe an email or text for you as you dictate on…

Read More
Updated April 22, 2021

How to Get Captioning Buy-In for Higher Education

by Jaclyn Lazzari in Industry Trends

Many people understand the value that captions can bring to higher education institutions, but they also realize that accessible captions don’t come free. The cost associated with captioning, whether it be through a third-party vendor or DIY methods, can make it difficult…

Read More
Updated June 3, 2019
Load More
3Play Media logo

Subscribe to the Blog Digest

Sign up to receive our blog digest and other information on this topic. You can unsubscribe anytime.



By subscribing you agree to our privacy policy.