How the ADA Impacts Online Video Accessibility [Free Ebook] July 26, 2023, marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and there are many reasons to celebrate ADA33. The ADA has made many positive impacts since being signed into…
3Play’s Patent Playbook blog series tells the stories behind our patented technology. Learn how 3Play Media’s Research and Development (R&D) teams are spearheading innovation in accessibility tech and creating breakthroughs in the media accessibility industry at large. The 2023 State of Automatic…
[Free Report] Read the 2024 State of Captioning Every year, 3Play Media conducts research on the current State of Captioning to better understand the industry landscape and forecast future trends. The information in this report offers a valuable understanding of exactly how…
YouTubers all want one thing: more views on their videos. Whether they’re chasing advertising dollars or increased exposure for their brand, there is nothing a vlogger loves more than to see their YouTube views go up. If you’re a video producer on…
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…
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…
If you want to make your online videos accessible to people with disabilities, you’ll need more than just a video transcript. According to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), transcripts certainly make audio content, such as podcasts, accessible to deaf or hard-of-hearing users.…
Arizona observes a state web accessibility policy inspired by federal disability law, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Download the Whitepaper: Roadmap to Web Accessibility in Higher Education Its stated purpose: “To establish a statewide policy that lowers the technical barriers to…
Because the ADA and Section 504, which were written before the Internet was a part of everyday life, don’t provide specific requirements for online learning, much of the responsibility for making IT accessible has been extrapolated from court rulings, lawsuits, settlements, and…
Simply put, keeping accessibility in mind when you post content to social media is one of the easiest, no-brainer ways to expand your brand’s reach. First of all, there are roughly 360 million people who are either deaf or have disabling hearing loss worldwide.…
In addition to providing subtitles in multiple languages for a worldwide audience, streaming services understand that providing closed captions and audio description broadens their customer base to include the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who have hearing loss and vision impairments.…
Third-party mobile apps that contain audio description on videos typically allow smartphone users to enable audio descriptions within the app or video player itself. But if you want to ensure your phone is playing audio description tracks when they are available for…
