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Video Accessibility

Video Accessibility. Doug Hayman dhayman. Jason Smith jsmith32. Terrill Thompson tft. Who benefits from video accessibility?. People who are Deaf People who are Blind People who are DeafBlind Slow or no Internet People who don’t use a mouse People who need to find content quickly

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Video Accessibility

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  1. Video Accessibility Doug Haymandhayman Jason Smithjsmith32 Terrill Thompsontft

  2. Who benefits from video accessibility? • People who are Deaf • People who are Blind • People who are DeafBlind Slow or no Internet • People who don’t use a mouse • People who need to find content quickly • English is a second language • People unable to turn on audio

  3. Captions: Overview • Captions are text, synchronized with the video • They capture spoken words & important sounds • Closed captions = can be toggled on/off • Open captions = burned into the video, always on • Subtitles = foreign language (may or may not include important sounds)

  4. Caption files (e.g., SRT, VTT) • WEBVTT • 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:18.000 How do you change the world? It starts with a single step. • 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.500You don’t have to know what the destination looks like. • 00:00:25.501 --> 00:00:33.000 • You just have to have the courage to take the first step.

  5. The End Result

  6. How do we get there?

  7. Agenda • 3PlayMedia contract + Free money (Doug) • Captioning • YouTube (Doug) • Panopto (Jason) • Canvas (Jason) • Zoom (Jason) • Audio Description (Terrill) • Accessible Media Players (Terrill)

  8. Captions in YouTube

  9. YouTube captions overview • Can import professionally made caption files • Can create captions oneself using their tools • Can’t rely upon the automatic speech recognition (ASR) to fully meet the standards

  10. Captioning Video in YouTube

  11. Channel view may appear devoid of content

  12. Studio (beta) reveals previously hidden videos

  13. Videos now visible

  14. Click on video title to take action

  15. Click transcription menu item

  16. Click Add Language button

  17. Choose Language

  18. Select method (one of three options)

  19. Method 1: upload a file • Add a transcript file and have it time synchronized to the video • Add a subtitle file such as a .srt file created by a caption creation company like 3Play Media.

  20. Method 2: Transcribe & autosync. Type what you hear then set timings

  21. Method 3: Create New Subtitle or Closed Caption. Edit if mostly accurate or delete and create from scratch

  22. Community Contribution checkbox to enlist help of others.

  23. Switch to Creator Studio for more options.

  24. Captioning Best Practices

  25. Best Practices • Caption the final draft • Include the name of the speaker • Display text with enough time to read • Automated Speech Recognition always needs to be edited

  26. Disability Resources for Students (DRS)

  27. DRS Provides Captioning for Students • Student works directly with DRS • DRS captions course content • Instructor works with DRS, if needed • http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/ • 011 Mary Gates

  28. Captioning Video in Panopto

  29. Panopto’s Automatic Speech Recognition Feature • Opt-in Automatic Speech Recognition • Accuracy may vary and is not an official accommodation • Enable ASR using the Panopto video editor • Edit captions using the Panopto video editor

  30. Upload Caption File • Create VTT or SRT caption file • Download caption file from Panopto video • Upload to Panopto video

  31. Captioning Video in Canvas

  32. Captioning Video in Zoom

  33. Options for Zoom Captions • Real-time captions of meeting or webinar • Hire a caption vendor or type your own captions • Zoom Cloud Recording supports Automated Speech Recognition • Edit the ASR in the Zoom cloud recording

  34. Audio Description

  35. What is Audio Description? • A separate track that describes key visual content; only necessary if visual content is not already accessible via the audio track • Many ways to provide audio description: • A separate described version of the video • Same video, different audio track (requires supporting media player) • Same video, text-based description in VTT, read aloud by synthesized speech (requires supporting media player)

  36. Remember VTT? • WEBVTT • 00:00:01.000 --> 00:04:00.000 Words appear: #BESTOFUW 2016 • 00:00:04.001 --> 00:00:10.000The Nobel medal next to David J. Thouless, 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics • 00:00:10.001 --> 00:00:15.000 • With President Obama, Mary Claire King, National Medal of Science

  37. Accessible Media Players

  38. An accessible media player… • Supports captions • Supports audio description • Can be operated without a mouse

  39. Able Player • https://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer • Free, open source HTML5 media player • Developed and maintained at the UW • By far, the most accessible media player on Earth • Coming soon: • WordPress Plugin • Drupal 8 module

  40. Able Player (fully loaded)

  41. For more on video accessibility • Making Videos Accessible (UW) • UW Captioning Service Application

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