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Why Customers Love Our Audio Description Service

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Audio description, an accommodation for blind and low-vision viewers, narrates the important visual information of a program and assumes the viewer cannot see the on-screen content. If a person is blind, low-vision, or is multitasking and can’t fully focus on a program,…

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Updated August 23, 2024

Why 3Play is Better at the Interactive Transcript

by 3mediaweb in User Engagement

Have you ever wanted to search within a video? Or jump to the spot where your keyword appears – without having to watch the whole video? Enter the interactive transcript. The interactive transcript makes your videos searchable and more engaging. With 3Play’s…

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Updated June 19, 2019

Captioning Trends Make a Comeback Thanks to Gen Z

by Jaclyn Lazzari in User Engagement

Generation Z: the newest generation to hit the spotlight. The members of Gen Z are young, so we don’t know much about them, but insights into the minds of this new generation arise frequently. The question at hand today is, “How is…

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Updated June 12, 2019

Domino’s Pizza Web Accessibility Reversal

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

Back in September 2016, Guillermo Robles, a blind man, filed a federal lawsuit against Domino’s Pizza, claiming that because of the company’s inaccessible website he was unable to complete his attempt to order a customized pizza. While the original ruling was that…

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Updated October 18, 2023

Video Search: Quick Tools for Making Your Videos & Video Libraries Searchable and SEO-Friendly

by Elisa Lewis in Video SEO

In this day and age, people are used to being able to search for something and find exactly what they are looking for almost instantaneously. More and more information is at our fingertips every day, and being able to sort through it…

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Updated March 13, 2024

Why 3Play is Better at User Management

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

A good captioning vendor lets you customize your account to your specific use case – user management is often one of those use cases. With 3Play Media, you can easily manage multiple users under one account and set specific permissions for each…

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Updated October 23, 2023

Audio Description for Governments

by Jaclyn Lazzari in Industry Trends

Government agencies use video to inform the public about elections, new policies, or upcoming programs. It allows the government to create a more transparent and immediate dialogue with citizens. Uses of video for government range from public meeting recordings, public service announcements,…

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Updated October 8, 2021

How to Select an Audio Description Vendor

by Elisa Lewis in How-To

Audio description is an accommodation for blind and low vision viewers that narrates the crucial visual information of a program. Audio description is meant to provide information on visual content that is considered essential to the comprehension of the program. Standard audio…

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Updated August 23, 2024

The Best Online Video Players for Audio Description

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

From the beginning, one of the challenges with implementing audio description (AD) is player support. Most browsers and video players do not support the playing of description in the same way that they support captions. However, there are a few video players…

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Updated September 6, 2023

Why Our Customers Love Us

by Elisa Lewis in Lighter Side

At the end of the year, we conduct an annual survey asking our customers about their experience with 3Play. When asked, “what’s your favorite thing about 3Play?”, our customers gave us their top six reasons why they absolutely love working with us!…

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Updated May 1, 2020

Why 3Play is Better with Turnaround and Deadline Compliance

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

Captioning is an integral part of the video accessibility process. Delays or unclear turnaround times for the captions can have detrimental effects on the customer’s project. At 3Play Media, we value your deadlines and have special mechanisms in place to ensure your…

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Updated April 23, 2021

How to Meet Netflix Captioning Specs

by Elisa Lewis in How-To

Before streaming media became widely popular, there were brick and mortar stores that rented DVDs out to the public. On a Friday evening, you would find a movie you wanted to watch, wait in the long line of other renters, purchase the…

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Updated May 1, 2020
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