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www.mainecite.org Maine CITE Program Training Webinar Caption That! Tools for Making Your Videos Accessible to All Learners March 13, 2013
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www.mainecite.org 2Presenter Cynthia Curry, Maine AIM Program
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www.mainecite.orgObjectives Participants will understand The purpose of closed captioning. The history of captioning in the U.S. Federal legislation associated with closed captioning. Specific tools for accomplishing closed captioning.
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www.mainecite.org What are captions?
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www.mainecite.org A Brief History
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www.mainecite.org October 9, 2012 National Association of the Deaf, Et Al. V. Netflix “Netflix Inc. and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) have submitted a joint Consent Decree to a federal court in Springfield, Mass., ensuring closed captions in 100% of Netflix streaming content within two years.”
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www.mainecite.org October 8, 2012
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www.mainecite.org Who uses captions? o Patrons of Pubs Fitness clubs Airports o English learners o Roommates
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www.mainecite.org Literacy & Closed Captions “Watching Thomas the Tank Engine” by Lou Bueno CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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www.mainecite.org Make Your Videos Searchable “Magnifying” by Evan Long CC BY- NC 2.0
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www.mainecite.org Self-Captioning Ingredients
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www.mainecite.org Note “script” in “transcript” Transcription is no fun and speech recognition can messy. “Messy” by Jens Vilhelm Rothe CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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www.mainecite.org Today’s Featured Tools QuickTime 7 Pro for Mac OS X. CaptionTube. Universal Subtitles from Amara. YouTube automatic captioning with Google speech recognition.
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www.mainecite.orgComparison QuickTime 7 Pro CaptionTube Universal Subtitles YouTube automatic ProsCustomizable and quality control Ease of useEasier to useEasiest to use Video format examples.mov,.mp4,.m4v YouTube only.flv,.mp4, YouTube, Vimeo, Ogg YouTube only EffortManualLess manualEven less manual Mostly automatic Cost$29.99Free
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with QuickTime 7 Pro Video open in QT 7 Pro Caption file
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with QuickTime 7 Pro Video open in QT 7 Pro Caption file Formatting code:
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with QuickTime 7 Pro Video open in QT 7 Pro Caption file Formatting code: Time scales:
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with QuickTime 7 Pro Video open in QT 7 Pro Caption file Formatting code: Time scales: Text track:
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www.mainecite.org Getting Started with QuickTime 7 Pro Please visit the website of WebAIM (see Method 1): http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/quicktime/
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube Caption text:
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube Caption text: Time scales:
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube Caption text: Time scales: Track area
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube Caption text: Time scales: Track area Captions:
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with CaptionTube
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www.mainecite.org Getting Started with CaptionTube CaptionTube has a help page with FAQs and video tutorials http://captiontube.appspot.com/help/
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles Press the “Play” button and start transcribing 4 sec at a time (or tab key)
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles Press the “Play” button and start transcribing 4 sec at a time (or tab key) Speed mode
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles Press the “Play” button and start transcribing 4 sec at a time (or tab key) The “Re-play” button comes in handy (or shift-tab key) Speed mode
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles Caption text: Press the “Play” button and start transcribing 4 sec at a time (or tab key)
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles When done entering the text, choose the Sync button
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www.mainecite.org Captioning with Universal Subtitles Watch and listen and tap the down-arrow key on your keyboard when the next caption should appear
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www.mainecite.org Getting Started with Universal Subtitles The Amara Support Center has a page of “FAQs and How-To Articles” http://support.universalsubtitles.org/solution/categorie s/
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www.mainecite.org Captioning in YouTube
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www.mainecite.org Captioning in YouTube While logged in, choose the “Captions” tab
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www.mainecite.org Captioning in YouTube Upload either a caption file or a transcript
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www.mainecite.org Captioning in YouTube Google’s speech recognition synchronizes the video and text file (default timescale is 5 seconds)
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www.mainecite.org Captioning in YouTube
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www.mainecite.org Getting Started with YouTube Captioning YouTube has a “Getting started” page http://tinyurl.com/9szfhew
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www.mainecite.org Key Points Closed captioning: Is not only supported by federal mandates that apply to schools, it’s the right thing to do for teaching all kids. Requires technical know-how but user-friendly and no-cost tools are available and will continue to improve.
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www.mainecite.org Thank You Please visit or contact the Maine AIM Program online. http://maine-aim.org info@maine-aim.org
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