Accessible Video Captioning for Blended Learning and Lecture Capture

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In this session, University of Wisconsin- Madison discusses their accessibility policy, budgeting, prioritization, costs and benefits derived, and best practices for deploying video captioning technologies. 3Play Media was awarded a state-wide captioning contract with UW System in 2010. 3Play Media provides video transcripts and captions for 26 campuses across the state and one extension program. Like many universities, a majority of classes are not captioned. But UW-Madison wants to make sure those that need captions aren’t dissuaded from asking for accommodation. They added a notice at the bottom of their webpage to inform students about this option. Furthermore, the University of Wisconsin is working towards accessibility proactively. Having vendors, contracts, and a reliable workflow in place is the necessary accessibility framework that facilitates an agile response to captioning needs. Presenters: Dusty Smith Digital Media Manager | University of Wisconsin, Madison Tole Khesin VP Marketing | 3Play Media

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Accessible Video Captioning for

Blended Learning and Lecture Capture Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference

July 8, 2013

Tole Khesin

VP of Marketing 3Play Media

tole@3playmedia.com

Dusty Smith

Digital Media Manager University of Wisconsin - Madison

dustins@engr.wisc.edu

Agenda

Highlights from recent accessibility data

Captioning basics

Accessibility laws

Value propositions

UW– Madison’s Accessibility Policies

Budget and prioritization

Accessibility technologies & workflows

Q&A

Accessibility Data

• More than 1 billion people have a disability

• 56.7 million report a disability in the U.S.

• 48 million (20%) in U.S. have some hearing

loss

• 11% of postsecondary students report

having a disability

• 45% of 1.6 million veterans seek disability

• 177,000+ veterans claimed hearing loss

What Are Captions?

• Captions are text that is time-synchronized

with the media

• Captions convey all spoken content as well

as relevant sound effects

• Originated in the early 1980s from an FCC

mandate for broadcast TV

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

• Post Production vs. Real-Time

How Are Captions Used?

Accessibility Laws

21st Century Communications & Video

Accessibility Act (CVAA)

• Applies to content that airs on TV and the Internet.

Section 504 • Part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Anti-discrimination law

Section 508 • Added to Rehabilitation Act in 1986

• Applies to federal agencies and organizations

with federal subsidies

ADA • Updated in 2008 via ADAAA

• For schools, same requirements as Section 504

• Netflix lawsuit implications

Accessibility Laws

21st Century Communications & Video

Accessibility Act (CVAA)

• Applies to content that airs on TV and the Internet.

Section 504 • Part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Anti-discrimination law

Section 508 • Added to Rehabilitation Act in 1986

• Applies to federal agencies and organizations

with federal subsidies

ADA • Updated in 2008 via ADAAA

• For schools, same requirements as Section 504

• Netflix lawsuit implications

Accessibility Laws

CVAA Deadlines

Phased In: All prerecorded programming that

is not edited for Internet distribution

Phased In : Live & near-live programming

originally broadcast on television.

Sep 30, 2013 : Prerecorded programming that

is edited for Internet distribution.

Mar 30, 2014: Archival programming

Value Propositions

• Accessible for deaf and hard of hearing

• For ESL viewers

• Flexibility to view anywhere, such as noisy

environments or offices

• Search

• Reusability

• Navigation, better UX

• SEO/discoverability

• Used as source for translation

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

Enrollment: 42,818

Undergraduate, graduate

and professional students

from 50 states and

130 countries

Faculty and staff: 21,355

Budget: $2.8 billion

935-acre lakefront campus

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public land-grant institution established in 1848.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

College of Engineering

Approximately 4,000 undergraduate students

Approximately 1,550 graduate students

Approximately 11,000 professional engineering education students

Over 5500 Hours of Video

UW Web Accessibility Policies

The policy specifies that every non-text

elements posted on the web–including

podcasts, audio files and transcripts–must

have a text equivalent. Equivalent

alternatives for any multimedia presentation

must be synchronized with the

presentation.

www.wisc.edu/policies/wwwap.php

UW Web Accessibility Policies

UW-Madison Exemption Policy

Does Policy have teeth?

Is it enforced and by who?

What laws does UW pay attention to?

Different campuses in UW system

UW-Madison Captioning Contracts

SCOPE: Contract for Media Captioning

and Transcription Services for captioning

Web media in conjunction with projects

involving the delivery of video to the Web

and mobile environments.

www.bussvc.wisc.edu/purch/contract/wp5251.html

Prioritize What Gets Captioned

How do you decide?

Will your budget play a role?

Who makes final decision?

Engineering Prioritization

We prioritize by design of use and permanence.

We try to caption all of our promotional videos.

The class videos are generally not captioned, due to costs

Faculty, students, anyone can make the requests

Problems

Price is a big problem

Knowledge of the laws

Creators don’t know how to caption

DIY route has many obstacles

Who Pays?

This is a huge factor. It drives what gets captioned.

Accessibility is not handled on a centralized level

Fragmented to each department or individual.

McBurney Disability Resource Center

Contingency (Guarantee Reserve) Funding

www.vc.wisc.edu/Docs/AccommodationFundingPolicy2010.pdf

Tips and Tricks

DCMP Captioning Key

www.dcmp.org/ai/captioningkey/

Use YouTube to get a rough caption

Useful in searches

English as Second Language

Media Systems in Engineering

Classroom Recording: Mediasite & Ncast

Desktop Recording: Mediasite & Camtasia

YouTube

Caption Providers: 3Play Media & AST

Mediasite Automated Workflow

Automated workflows make it easy!

Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI)

SubRip (SRT)

Distribution Format Exchange Profile (DFXP) file

Mediasite Automated workflow

Questions?

Dusty Smith Digital Media Manager

College of Engineering, UW-Madison

dustins@engr.wisc.edu

Tole Khesin VP of Marketing

3Play Media

tole@3playmedia.com

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