Web Accessibility – Video Captioning

Ensuring people of all abilities have equal access to web content Disability Discrimination Act – Web Access Advisory notes 2010 Required by law (2006) in the USA Required for Government Websites in Australia by end of 2014 Important for good web practice, SEO, and equal access What is Web Accessibility

A policy of the Department of Finance for all Government Websites Mandates conformance with WCAG 2.0 AA standard by 31 Dec 2014 The what?... Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0, level AA Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy for Government Websites

To be accessible a video must be captioned or have a transcript available in an accessible format Captions must not be “burnt in” to the video, but be available using a closed captioning service, such as provided by YouTube. YouTube can help with this!! Video Captioning

Upload to YouTube

Edit Video

Edit Automatic Captions Track

Alternatively – Export Autocaptions

Edit Captions in any text editor

Edited text is uploaded

Red Bee Media $15 per minute, minimum cost of $225 Example: 60min video - $900 Other captioning providers – see list at Media Access Australia Live captioning and transcription services also available Alternatives to YouTube

Web Services Unit: uws.edu.au/wsuuws.edu.au/wsu Google “WCAG 2.0” or “Web Accessibility Checklist” Resources

Questions

Web Accessibility