Video Accessibility @ the UW: Overview & How We're Doing Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) tft@uw.edu http://uw.edu/accessibility/video

Video accessibility issues Users can see video, but can't hear audio Solution: captions Users can't hear audio, but can't see video Solution: audio description Users can't see or hear video/audio Solution: transcript Users are: Using keyboard only (no mouse) Using a screen reader Using speech input Dependent on high contrast / custom color scheme Solution: An accessible media player

How UW Does Accessible Video Disability Resources for Students (DRS) and Disability Services Office (DSO) provide funding and support for captioning and audio description if individuals request it as an accommodation UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) provides internal grant funding for making high impact videos accessible as universal design practice ATS provides training and support (2 staff)

Why Making Accessible Video Isn't an Undue Burden Cost of Producing a 10-minute documentary-style video: $10,000 Cost to caption (@ $2/min) = $20 (0.2%) Cost to describe (@ $10/min) = $100 (1%)

How We're Doing: Captioning YouTube Videos 58 known UW-affiliated YouTube channels Nearly 8,000 videos Over 2,700 hours of programming 18.4% are captioned Up from 7.6% in August 2015 12 channels (20.6%) have captioned over 50% of their videos 25 channels (43.1%) have captioned 0% Source: UW Video Caption Reports https://depts.washington.edu/uwitats/ytca/

Doug Hayman dyhayman@uw.edu Captioning Project Doug Hayman dyhayman@uw.edu Susie Hawkey shawkey@uw.edu

Overview of the Captioning Project UW-IT short-term funding is available to caption: Videos available to the public on a high-use website Videos that will be used multiple times in a course Videos developed by several faculty members to be used in several different classes

Captioning Project Progress By the numbers: 630 videos have been captioned 169 hours of video have been captioned 11 departments excluding DRS have accounts with 3Play Media Captioned videos will be reused in 60 classes per year Over 750,000 individuals are estimated to watch the videos each year Increased the numbers of videos captioned on campus by 10.8%

Captioning Project Progress (cont.) Products: Created a video: “Making Videos Accessible” Promising Practice has been created to document how to setup a captioning project on a college campus

Captioning Project Video http://www.washington.edu/doit/videos/index.php?vid=86 http://uw.edu/doit/videos/index.php?vid=86

Captioning Tips & Tutorials

Overview of the Captioning Training The training includes the topics: Captioning in YouTube Using Amara and Camtasia to assist in caption creation Facebook captions Uploading captions in Vimeo Setting up an account with 3Play Media Helpful hints

Captioning Basics (1 of 3) Anatomy of a caption file: SRT caption file Simple text file with time stamps that can be opened with Word, Notepad, etc.

Captioning Basics (2 of 3) DCMP Captioning Key http://captioningkey.org/quality_captioning.html This can be used as a resource if you are captioning your own videos and not using a captioning vendor

Captioning Basics (3 of 3) YouTube: Will create auto-generated captions Not accurate enough to be compliant Use the built-in editor to Correct auto-generated captions Create captions from scratch or Import a script and sync with the video

How to setup Captioning Training Contact Doug to setup training for: Individuals Departments General questions about captioning

3-Play Media Departments can setup their own account by contacting: Erin Batog Account Executive 3Play Media erin@3playmedia.com 617-764- 5189 X109

Links to Project Products http://uw.edu/accessibility/videos/ https://uw.edu/doit/uw-it%E2%80%99s-captioning-project-promising-practice-setting-captioning-project-college-campus

Media Player Accessibility Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) tft@uw.edu http://uw.edu/accessibility/video

Able Player https://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer Free, open source, HTML5 media player Full support for HTML <track> element (captions, subtitles, descriptions, chapters, & metadata) Chapters, captions, & descriptions are automatically assembled into an interactive transcript Fully accessible player controls Supports multiple versions of a video (described vs non-described); user can toggle using "Description" button Can play YouTube videos

Able Player Screen Shot

Able Player is just HTML <video data-able-player> <source type="video/mp4" src="path_to_video.mp4"> <track kind="captions" src="path_to_captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English"> <track kind="subtitles" src="path_to_es.vtt" srclang="es" label="Espanol"> <track kind="descriptions" src="path_to_desc.vtt"> <track kind="chapters" src="path_to_chapters.vtt"> </video>

Audio Description Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) tft@uw.edu http://uw.edu/accessibility/video

Which videos are the highest priority? As with captioning, need to prioritize Videos that are required viewing for students who need description (an accommodation) Videos that are likely to be required viewing for students who need description Videos that: Are popular Provide critical content Discuss Demo 1 again; show Demos 2 & 3

Multiple Methods of Producing Audio Description Separate "audio described version" of the video Human-narrated description Description narrated using synthesized speech A WebVTT description file Plain text, easy to produce Description is read aloud by screen readers The standard method, using HTML5 <track> Currently only supported in Able Player A second, user-selectable, audio track Uses one method for all audio tracks (e.g., audio description, director's cut, translated/overdubbed) Supported in JW Player and Video.js (but not in all browsers; depends on HLSV4 support)

WebVTT Format Stands for "Web Video Text Tracks" https://w3c.github.io/webvtt/ WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Michael Young, President, University of Washington 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000 Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:32.000 Edward Ray, President, Oregon State University

How can we create our own WebVTT description track? Simply use your favorite text editor (e.g., Notepad) Use any captioning tool Amara.org Dotsub.com NCAM Caption and Description Editing Tool (CADET) http://ncamftp.wgbh.org/cadet/

Captioning Tool Example Shown: Amara.org

Which method should we use? (continued) If dramatic work: Outsource for human-narrated description Link to the "Described version" Else if need for description is minimal and simple: If using Able Player: Do It Yourself! Create a WebVTT file Else: Outsource for human-narrated description OR text-to-speech

Which vendors provide human-narrated description? "Services Involved with Audio Description" http://www.acb.org/adp/services.html List of 75+ providers In Spring 2017, narrowed the list to 18 providers that seemed to provide relevant services, contacted each by email or web form Prices vary significantly, based in part on complexity of the description ($12 - $75/min.) Turnaround: 24 hours – 6 weeks Final list: 8 providers http://uw.edu/accessibility/videos

Eight audio description vendors Human-Narrated ($12-15/min) Access USA Audio Eyes Caption Max Mind's Eye Audio Productions Valerie H Productions WGBH Media Access Group Synthesized Speech ($10/min) 3PlayMedia Automatic Sync

If using 3PlayMedia, which voices/speeds are best? Research: Three students who use description Watched 9 versions of two short videos Voices: Michael, Allison, Kate (British) Speeds: Slow, Medium, Fast Watched 7 additional videos, described with various settings Results: Male/female voice should be distinct from voice of speaker(s) in video Slight preference for Medium Michael Slight tendency to dislike the fast voices, especially Fast Kate.

How can we deliver a "described version"? Add a link: "Available with audio description" Use Able Player Supports multiple versions of a video (described vs non-described); user can toggle using "Description" button Supports text-based audio description, announced by screen reader; user can toggle using "Description" button

Example Link to Described Version Source: http://uw.edu/president/2016/12/21/best-of-uw/

For More Information… UW Accessible Technology http://uw.edu/accessibility Creating Accessible Video http://uw.edu/accessibility/videos DO-IT Videos http://uw.edu/doit/videos