1. Quick Start to Captioning VideoEdu Meetup October 24, 2012

2. Agenda Captioning background Captioning process Accessibility legislation Beyond captions Demos Open discussion

3. What Are Captions? Terminology Captioning vs. Transcription

4. What Are Captions? Terminology Captioning vs. Transcription Captioning vs. Subtitling

5. What Are Captions? Terminology Captioning vs. Transcription Captioning vs. Subtitling Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning

6. What Are Captions? Terminology Captioning vs. Transcription Captioning vs. Subtitling Closed Captioning vs. Open Captioning Post Production vs. Real-Time

7. How Are Captions Used?

8. Accessibility Laws Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…” Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

9. Accessibility Laws 21 st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) “Closed captioning on video programming delivered using internet protocol….” Section 504 “No individual, solely by reason of her or his disability…be denied the benefits of any program, service, or activity…” Section 508 “All training and informational video and multimedia productions must contain captions …”

10. Accessibility Laws CVAA Phase-In Timeline Sept 30, 2012: All prerecorded programming that is not edited for Internet distribution Mar 30, 2013: Live & near-live programming originally broadcast on television. Sep 30, 2013 : Prerecorded programming that is edited for Internet distribution. Mar 30, 2014: Archival programming

11. Benefits Accessible for deaf and hard of hearing For ESL viewers Flexibility to view anywhere, such as noisy environments or offices Search Reusability Navigation, better UX SEO/discoverability Used as source for translation

12. Captioning Process 1. Upload2. Download3. Publish

13. Step 1. Upload Media Files

14. Step 2. Download Captions File

15. Step 3. Publish Captions

16. Captions Formats Common Caption Formats SRTYouTube and other web players DFXPFlash players SCCiPods, iTunes, DVD encoding SAMIWindows Media QTQuickTime STLDVD Studio Pro CPT.XMLCaptionate SBVYouTube RTReal Media WebVTTEmerging HTML5 Custom XMLCustom formats Custom TextCustom formats SRT Example Emerging standards for HTML5

17. Simplifying the Process Video Player / Platform Integrations

18. Captions Plugin

19. Interactive Plugins

20. Demo Examples of automated captioning workflows Searchable, interactive video libraries

21. CJ Johnson 3Play Media cj@3playmedia.com Ph: (617) 764-5189 http://www.3playmedia.com http://interactive.3playmedia.com/mitocw/ http://it.psu.edu/connects/archive/ITM022812alternative.php Resources Questions Josh Miller 3Play Media josh@3playmedia.com Ph: (617) 764-5189