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3 Innovative Ways to Approach English Descriptive Audio

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

Discover Our Offerings for Your Accessibility Needs 3.5% of the world’s population live with vision impairment, making audio description – also referred to as English Descriptive Audio –  an important component to our society’s fast-growing video content. A major barrier to audio…

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Updated August 23, 2024

We Watch So Much Video, So Why Isn’t Video Accessible?

by 3mediaweb in Lighter Side

How much time do you spend on your phone, watching TV, or browsing the internet? Be honest. Most of us wake up and immediately check our phones. Then we go to work and spend all day staring at our screens. When we…

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Updated August 25, 2023

10 Movies to Watch with Audio Description

by Elisa Lewis in Lighter Side

Visual effects are so critical to cinema and film, that there is an Oscar category dedicated to this art. Not only are these visual effects utterly impressive, they also enhance the video content and provide a great deal of information and context…

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Updated August 23, 2024

Documenting Accessibility Requirements for Designers

by 3mediaweb in User Engagement

There’s a problem in the design world with regards to accessibility. Accessibility requirements are often not documented clearly, consistently, or in a way for professionals to easily follow and implement. Luckily, there is a solution: Create standard documentation methods that express accessibility…

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Updated July 25, 2019

Social Video and the Changing Trends in Video Accessibility

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

Whether you are a university, a small business, a restaurant, or a major brand, you are probably using social video in some capacity. Thanks to social media, social video is now a resource that companies, organizations, and people can leverage to better…

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Updated September 20, 2023

Audio Description Formats Explained

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

We aren’t joking around when we say that our goal is to make video accessibility easy. Traditionally, publishing audio description has posed a real challenge, as it is not supported by most video players and platforms. To make the publishing of audio…

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Updated August 23, 2024

Described Video vs Audio Description: What’s the Difference?

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Described Video and Audio Description Both Described Video (DV) and Audio Description (AD) consist of an audio track that narrates a program’s visual elements. The description may include information about actions, characters, scene changes, surroundings, costumes, body language, and on-screen text. The purpose of…

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Updated August 23, 2024

Audio Description for Enterprise

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

At 3Play we have big dreams, and want ALL video to be accessible. We know that often times many factors play a role in deciding what videos to make accessible – and to what extent. Although all enterprise video can greatly benefit…

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Updated February 2, 2021

[Checklist] What Matters When Selecting a Closed Captioning Service

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

Choosing the right closed captioning service can make a big difference. While there are many vendors to choose from, not all are created equal. When selecting a captioning vendor, you want to make sure you find one that is reliable, accurate, and…

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Updated August 23, 2024

How to Add Captions and Subtitles to Instagram TV

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Instagram was among the top three most popular video platforms of 2017. In the same year, online video accounted for 74% of all online traffic. By 2019, 80% of the world’s internet traffic will be video. With more and more video being…

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Updated March 16, 2021

Trends in Video Accessibility

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

More video is uploaded to the web in 1 month than TV has created in 3 decades. Every day more than 500 million hours of video is watched on YouTube alone. People are watching video on social media; they are watching video…

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Updated July 3, 2024

Captioning and Transcription for K-12

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

Video is increasingly becoming a popular means of education, particularly in K-12 schools. As a result, captioning is increasingly becoming a hot topic for K-12 schools. When it comes to captioning, what do K-12 schools care about? What are their challenges? And…

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Updated August 7, 2024
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