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Study Highlights: Implementation of and Solutions for Closed Captioning in US Institutions of Higher Education

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Most colleges and universities in the US are legally required to provide closed captioning on many of their videos. Despite the laws, many institutions of higher education struggle to implement closed captioning practices. The national research study, Implementation of and Solutions for…

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Updated February 10, 2021

Complete Video Accessibility Checklist [FREE Downloadable]

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

What’s included in a video accessibility checklist? Accessible videos include captions, transcripts, audio descriptions, and an accessible media player that supports these features. Unfortunately, many video players fail to meet the essential elements of an accessible video player. Many don’t support audio…

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Updated February 2, 2021

5 Video Bloggers Doing Captioning Right

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

With online video taking on such a huge role in our lives and our culture, video blogging (vlogging) has become an increasing trend. No matter what you “vlog” about, there’s one thing all vlogs should have in common – closed captions. Although…

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Updated March 16, 2021

Social Video: Why Aren’t We Making It Accessible to Blind People?

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

Social media platforms still have a long way to go as far as accessibility is concerned. Facebook is the only social network that even allows closed captions (Twitter and Instagram require open captions), and that still doesn’t guarantee publishers will add them…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Adding Videos with Captions and Transcripts to LMS Platforms

by Elisa Lewis in Product Updates

Accessibility Tools in LMS Learning management systems (LMS) usually don’t allow users to publish videos with captions, interactive transcripts, or audio description. This poses a challenge, especially in higher education and eLearning, as these features make content accessible and have many benefits…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Fair Use for Captioning Content Outside of Education

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Note: While the information in this article is intended to give you a better understanding of fair use and how it’s been used in the past, this is not legal advice. We advise you to consult your legal team for specific questions…

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Updated June 3, 2019

Top 5 Accessibility Speakers of 2017

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

These are our top 5 most viewed webinar speakers from 2017. These speakers cover everything you want to know about video accessibility from a legal update to best practices for creating accessible video! Speaker: Lainey Feingold Lainey Feingold, internationally recognized disability rights…

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Updated June 3, 2019

The Growth of Online Video and the Need for Accessibility

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

The Rapid Growth of Online Video It likely comes as no surprise that there has been a huge growth in online video over the last year. With 78% of people watching videos online every week, you probably know this first hand! For…

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Updated June 27, 2024

Accessibility Laws for Enterprise

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

Enterprise video can greatly benefit from being accessible! But with 70% of enterprise captioning budgets falling under $10,000, many wonder if they really need to make their videos accessible. While the answer is probably “yes” and certainly “you definitely should!” this post…

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Updated August 30, 2023

Using Netflix Videos as “Audiobooks” with Audio Description

by Patrick Loftus in Industry Trends

The concept of driving your car while enjoying a movie on your phone just became a lot safer. Lifehacker recently published an article about a Redditor who pointed out that you can listen to movies and TV shows on Netflix by turning…

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Updated August 23, 2024

Accessibility Laws for Public Colleges

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

Public colleges and universities around the US are legally required to make both digital and physical environments on campus accessible to people with disabilities. In recent years, many students with disabilities have found themselves at a disadvantage when some public universities have…

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Updated August 7, 2024

Brightcove Audio Description Solution Offers Multiple Audio Tracks

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

One of the biggest barriers with audio description is that most browsers and video players do not support the playing of description in the same way that they support captions. Brightcove is the first enterprise-level video platform to offer audio description support.…

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Updated September 6, 2023
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