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Do Higher Education Institutions Understand Their Legal Obligations to Closed Caption Videos?

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

  Between the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and state laws, most, if not all, higher education institutions in the US are legally required to provide closed captioning for recorded lectures, online courses, class materials, and other video content used for teaching and learning.…

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Updated August 7, 2024

Accessibility Laws in The Emerald Isle

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Web Accessibility in Ireland The National Disability Authority (NDA) envisions an Irish society where all people, regardless of disability, enjoy equal rights and equal access to participate fully in society. Ireland has taken legislative measures to move toward this goal and support…

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Updated August 7, 2024

UC Berkeley Revoking Public Access to Educational Media, Cites Captioning Expenses

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

In a recent letter to their campus community, the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) announced that they are revoking public access to their free, legacy Course Capture (classroom lecture) videos and podcasts. Beginning on March 15, 2017, all 20,000+ online educational…

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Updated August 7, 2024

Hearing Loss Is a Public Health Matter

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Approximately 30 million Americans report some extent of hearing loss. By the age of 65, one out of every three people will suffer from hearing loss. As the number of older adults continues to increase in the United States, hearing loss…

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Updated July 3, 2024

EdX’s Best Practices for Developing Accessible Online Course Content

by Elisa Lewis in Industry Trends

  Settlement: edX, Inc. and US Department of Justice (DOJ) On April 2, 2015, edX entered into a voluntary settlement with the DOJ, agreeing to make their web-based content accessible. As an early adopter of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), edX, developed…

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Updated February 2, 2021

Why YouTube Videos with Auto-Captions May Be Inaccessible

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

With 300 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, and 1,300,000,000 users, it sounds quite impressive that the video distribution platform is now boasting over 1 billion captioned videos on their site. However, when you take a closer look at their…

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Updated August 7, 2024

Top 5 Tips for Getting Colleagues to Adopt UDL in eLearning

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

Need help encouraging your colleagues to start implementing universal design for learning (UDL) in the courses they teach? Dr. Thomas Tobin, author and speaker on quality in distance education, is an expert on the subject. He suggests referencing the following five-step approach…

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Updated June 3, 2019

How to Make YouTube Videos Accessible and Interactive with One Click

by Lily Bond in Video Accessibility

With 300 hours of video being uploaded every minute, YouTube is a treasure trove of incredible video content that you may want to use on your site or in your course. But what if the video owner hasn’t added captions? Well, you’re…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Faces Behind the Screen: Stu

by Patrick Loftus in Faces Behind the Screen

Imagine that a famous musician like Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, or John Lennon had suddenly lost their hearing early in their careers. How would they be able to make music if they couldn’t hear themselves or their band playing or singing? Would…

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Updated June 3, 2019

How 3Play Media Transcribes Non-American English Video Content

by Patrick Loftus in Company + Culture

  Most Americans probably don’t know what you’re talking about if you say ‘zed’ when pronouncing the letter ‘Z.’ So, how does an American transcription company achieve accuracy and consistency with non-American accents, dialects, and the correct spelling of words like “colour”…

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Updated June 27, 2024

Historic Agreement Reached: Closed Captions Will Be Mandatory for US Airline In-Flight Entertainment

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

  A landmark agreement has just been reached between the US Department of Transportation (DOT), airlines, airplane manufacturers, video content providers, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and other disability advocate groups. Closed captioning will now be required for in-flight entertainment,…

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Updated February 22, 2023

4 Key Items to Include in Your Captioning and Transcription Service Level Agreement

by Josh Miller in How-To

  Price isn’t everything. There are other factors to consider when crafting a service level agreement with a professional closed captioning company. When the product isn’t exactly what you need, what does that cost you? What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA)?…

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Updated February 6, 2024
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