Web Accessibility – Video Captioning

• Ensuring people of all abilities have equal access to web content

• Disability Discrimination Act – Web Access Advisory notes 2010

• Required by law (2006) in the USA

• Required for Government Websites in Australia by end of 2014

• Important for good web practice, SEO, and equal access

What is Web Accessibility

• A policy of the Department of Finance for all Government Websites

• Mandates conformance with WCAG 2.0 AA standard by 31 Dec 2014

• The what?... Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0, level AA

Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy for Government Websites

• To be accessible a video must be captioned or have a transcript available in an accessible format

• Captions must not be “burnt in” to the video, but be available using a closed captioning service, such as provided by YouTube.

• YouTube can help with this!!

Video Captioning

Upload to YouTube

Edit Video

Edit Automatic Captions Track

Alternatively – Export Autocaptions

Edit Captions in any text editor

Edited text is uploaded

Red Bee Media•$15 per minute, minimum cost of $225•Example: 60min video - $900

Other captioning providers – see list at Media Access Australia•Live captioning and transcription services also available

Alternatives to YouTube

•Web Services Unit: uws.edu.au/wsu•Google “WCAG 2.0” or “Web Accessibility Checklist”

Resources

Questions

Web Accessibility