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Rethinking How We Use Closed Captioning in Education

by Abby Alepa in Video Accessibility

Build a roadmap to web accessibility in higher education [FREE eBook] Video captions are more than just text on a screen. That’s what Sean Zdenek believes. An associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of English at the University…

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Updated December 13, 2022

Captioning and Transcription for Higher Education

by Abby Alepa in Video Accessibility

How Closed Captions & Transcripts Impact Student Learning [Free Report] There are many benefits to offering captions for online video in higher education institutions. Closed captions make videos more accessible to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. By prioritizing video…

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Updated February 21, 2024

Accessibility for Higher Education Athletics

by Abby Alepa in Video Accessibility

Learn about FCC requirements for the captioning of online video [FREE GUIDE] If you’ve attended a college or university in the United States with a sports team, you probably know just how big sports culture is. Pre-game festivities typically take place in…

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Updated August 21, 2023

Understanding the Accessibility for Manitobans Act

by Kelly Mahoney in Uncategorized

Read this blog in French | Lire ce blog en français Provincial accessibility standards: How the AODA Impacts Online Video 🖥  The Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA) became law in December 2013, and makes up just one facet of Canada’s provincial accessibility…

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Updated July 12, 2024

Comprendre la Loi d’accessibilité du Manitoba

by Casey Pearson in Canada

Read this blog in English | Lire ce blog en anglais Normes d’accessibilité provinciales : Comment la LAPHO impacte la vidéo en ligne 🖥  The La loi de l’accessibilité du Manitoba (AMA) est devenue une loi en décembre 2013, devenant qu’une facette des lois d’accessibilité…

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Updated July 22, 2024

Introducing 3Play Media’s Access Player

by Rebecca Klein in Video Accessibility

Sign up to learn more about 3Play Media’s Access Player Say hello to 3Play Media’s Access Player! Making your media accessible, interactive, and SEO-friendly just got a whole lot easier. What is the Access Player? 3Play Media’s Access Player enables you to…

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Updated December 23, 2022

What It’s Like to Have a Guide Dog: Interview with Melissa Carney

by Rebecca Klein in Lighter Side

  Every month, we welcome a new guest to 3Play Media’s Allied Podcast. In October 2022, we met with Jacquie Sawyer, Director of Partnerships at The Dogist, and Liz Vacchiano, a regional puppy instructor at Guiding Eyes for the Blind, for the…

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November 14, 2022

How to Elevate Your Broadcast’s Live Captioning Quality

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

FCC Requirements for Closed Captioning of Online Video: Are You Compliant? [Free White Paper] Television is a 24/7 industry. Networks are always broadcasting something, and much of what they’re airing is happening live, in real time. Live captioning is a critical component…

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Updated December 14, 2022

10 Questions to Ask a Live Automatic Captioning Vendor

by Abby Alepa in Video Accessibility

Understanding Live Automatic Caption Quality [Free White Paper] When you write, record, edit, and release a video, you’re typically able to give your team the necessary time to caption your video content. However, with live video, you don’t have that luxury.  Live…

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Updated September 13, 2024

Free Podcast Transcription: How To Transcribe On a Budget

by Rebecca Klein in Video Accessibility

Going Beyond the Listener: Accessible Audio for Podcasting [Free Webinar] We often write about the many benefits of podcast transcription. As more and more podcasters realize how transcription can help their show, new questions arise, such as how to make transcription a…

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October 31, 2022

What is an SCC File?

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

Closed Captioning Best Practices for Media & Entertainment [Free eBook] For years, Scenarist Closed Caption (SCC) files have been one of the most commonly used closed captioning files on broadcast television. These closed captioning files hold CEA-608 captioning data in 29.97 drop…

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Updated September 13, 2024

Nova Scotia’s Accessibility Act

by Abby Alepa in Video Accessibility

Read this blog in French | Lire ce blog en français Accessibility in Ontario: How the AODA Impacts Web and Online Video 📺  The Accessibility Act, also known as Bill 59, was passed in April 2017 to aid Nova Scotia in achieving…

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Updated July 12, 2024