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Making Lecture Capture Accessible and Captioning Technology for Interactive & Searchable Access ATIA 2013, January 30, 2013 Tole Khesin [email protected]

Making Lecture Capture Accessible and Captioning Technology for Interactive & Searchable Access

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ATIA 2013, January 30, 2013 Accessibility Data: - More than 1 billion people have a disability - 56.7 million report a disability in the U.S. - 48 million (20%) in the 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 Captions are text that is time-sychronized with the media. They convey all spoken content as well as relevant sound effects. Captions originated in the early 1980s from an FCC mandate for broadcast TV. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act requires all Internet programming that previously aired on television with captions to have captions online, as well. The values of captioning include: - Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing - Accessibility 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 View the slideshow for a how-to on adding captions to your lectures and videos with 3Play Media. Presenters: Tole Khesin | VP of Marketing, 3Play Media

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Making Lecture Capture Accessible and

Captioning Technology for Interactive & Searchable Access

ATIA 2013, January 30, 2013

Tole Khesin

[email protected]

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Agenda

Captioning basics

Process

Accessibility legislation

Value propositions

Beyond captions

Demos

Open discussion

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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

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What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

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What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

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What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

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What Are Captions?

Terminology

• Captioning vs. Transcription

• Captioning vs. Subtitling

• Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

• Post Production vs. Real-Time

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How Are Captions Used?

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Accessibility Laws

Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…”

Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

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Accessibility Laws

21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) “Closed captioning on video programming delivered using internet protocol….”

Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…”

Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

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Accessibility Laws

CVAA Phase-In Timeline Phased In: All prerecorded programming that is not edited for Internet distribution

Mar 30, 2013: Live & near-live programming originally broadcast on television.

Sep 30, 2013 : Prerecorded programming that is edited for Internet distribution.

Mar 30, 2014: Archival programming

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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

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Captioning Process

1. Upload 2. Download 3. Publish

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Step 1. Upload Media Files

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Step 2. Download Captions File

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Step 3. Publish Captions

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Captions Formats

Common Caption Formats

SRT YouTube and other web players

DFXP Flash players

SCC iPods, iTunes, DVD encoding

SAMI Windows Media

QT QuickTime

STL DVD Studio Pro

CPT.XML Captionate

SBV YouTube

RT Real Media

WebVTT Emerging HTML5

Custom XML Custom formats

Custom Text Custom formats

SRT Example

Emerging standards for HTML5

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Simplifying the Workflow Video Player / Platform Integrations

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Captions Plugin

• Works with most video players

• Searchable • Supports multiple

languages

• SEO boost • Customizable • Free

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Beyond Captions

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Demos

• Implementations of captions + transcripts

• Examples of automated captioning workflows

• Searchable, interactive video libraries

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Results @ MIT OpenCourseWare

97% of students said interactive transcripts enhanced their learning experience

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Results @ MIT OpenCourseWare

95% of Students were able to find desired content using the search features

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Results @ MIT OpenCourseWare

Usefulness of interactive transcript features

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Results @ MIT OpenCourseWare

97% of students said the interactive transcripts were easy to use

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Results @ MIT OpenCourseWare

95% of students recommended that interactive transcripts be added to all

OCW videos