Quick Start to Captioning

Proposal No: 570

Bios & Handouts

Speaker(s)

• Tole Khesin, VP Marketing,
• CJ Johnson, VP Product, 3Play Media

Disability Area: Cognitive|Learning   Mobility   Vision   Deaf|HOH   Other Disability  

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Topic Area: Legal   Best Practices   Web|Media Access   Alternate Format   Campus Policy   Curriculum Access   Assistive Technology   Information Resources  

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Length of Session (in hours): 1

Format: Lecture

Expertise Level: All Levels

Type of session: General Conference

Summary of Session

This session will cover the basics of captioning for accessible online video, including accessibility laws, best practices for creating captions, and the impact of HTML5 and emerging standards. We will also demonstrate the latest web technologies that take captioning to a whole new level.

Abstract

This session will cover the basics of captioning for accessible online video, including captioning background, terminology, and applicable accessibility laws, as well as best practices around creating captions, the use of different captions formats, video player compatibility, impact of HTML5 and mobile devices on captioning, workflow options, and integrated captioning with lecture capture systems and video platforms. Many organizations have discovered that captions and transcripts provide a lot of benefits beyond accessibility, especially in the context of online video. Captions and transcripts make video searchable, navigable, more engaging, and SEO-friendly. We will discuss these benefits and demonstrate the latest interactive web technologies that take captioning and transcription to a whole new level.

Kepoints

1. Recent and upcoming accessibility legislation impacting caption requirements
2. How to create captions: caption formats, video player compatibility, considerations for emerging standards, workflow options, integrated captioning with lecture capture systems and video platforms
3. Beyond captions: Interactive web technologies that make video accessible, searchable, navigable, more engaging, and SEO-friendly

Speaker Bio(s)

Tole Khesin

CJ Johnson

CJ Johnson is one of the founders of 3Play Media, which provides premium closed captioning and transcription services to make video accessible, searchable, and more engaging. The 3Play Media platform is designed to easily integrate with other campus technologies. 3Play Media also provides interactive transcripts and video search tools that maximize the value of online video. 3Play Media was founded in 2007 by four MIT classmates in search of a better solution for video accessibility.

Handout(s)