Free or very low cost Instantaneous for lecture capture (archived video) True captioning (not just subtitles) Everything is captioned Seamless Automated Workflows Easily activated Trouble free Flexible size, font, color Non-Invasive - No impact on video image (e.g. artwork) - Offset options if there are concerns about changing the presentation No copyright issues Search integration Inseparable Captioning Welcome to: Captiontopia

Captions: Access for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – Benefits for All Todd Schwanke Cookie Roang McBurney Disability Resource Center May 20, UW-Madison Teaching and Learning Symposium

About Us Todd Schwanke Adaptive Technology & Accommodation Specialist McBurney Disability Resource Center Cookie Roang Interim Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program Manager McBurney Disability Resource Center (608) Alice Anderson Technology Accessibility Program DoIT (608)

Project Intro & Scope Focus Confidentiality Conversation Learning Objectives Captions vs. Subtitles

Who’s Here? –Faculty? –Administrators? –Tech staff? –Researchers?

Welcome Back to Caption Reality Not free Not instantaneous Sometimes just subtitles Not the rule Sometimes seamless Often difficult to turn on Not trouble free Not standardized Sometimes flexible Non-Invasive - No impact on video image (e.g. artwork) - Offset options if there are concerns about changing the presentation Copyright challenges Can be lost/separated

Environment & Trends –Video boom –Many types –Veterans –Baby boomers

Campus Status –Decentralized model/resources –Faculty letter –Pilot –Group/project

Audience – Recent Media Experiences List media (3 to 5) that you have used or seen recently? –Was each captioned (Y/N/Don’t know)? –Was each live or post-production captioned? Have you used caption media in instruction?

Benefits for all –Search –Comprehension –ESL –Bars, workout, partners –No speakers

Search Examples Thomas Friedman DO-IT Video Search Google Audio Indexing

How do they get there? –Script? –Video created –Transcription? –Syncing (e.g. time code)time code –Merging/linking –Display

Brief History Line 21 encoding – TV with converter box Line 21 – FCC & CC chip Line 21 & digital Digital content - multiple formats, displays, and caption storage Video Line 21 CC Audio Video Digital Audio CC - English CC - Spanish French

Decoders Video with CC Decoder Captions on Video e.g. VHS/VCR, Analog TV Video with CC Player Captions on Video e.g. Flash file Display e.g. Flash Player CC chip or box

Caption Examples African Storyteller (E-Teach)African Storyteller Learning without Limits (Flash)Learning without Limits Presidential Weekly Address (YouTube – English, Spanish, translate)Presidential Weekly Address DoIT Accessibility Videos (Quicktime with sprite)DoIT Accessibility Videos Inter-He 501 (MediaSite)Inter-He No audio, no captions 2.Captions – different sight line 3.Captions 4.Captions & audio

Caption Tools World Caption (Mac only)World Caption CaptionTube Magpie, Macaw, HiCaption Overstream Adobe Sound Booth & Premier??? (Note: uses speech recognition – accuracy varies) Lecture capture integration

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Resources Tips Keep scripts Contact classroom support staff & instructional support staff early on Test materials Add more time for copyrighted materials Look for pre-captioned materials Contact McBurney Current caption pilot Resources list (online)

Q & A, Discussion