1. Techniques for Creating Accessible, Closed Captioned Web-Based Video California State University - Northridge 21st Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference Los Angeles, California March 22, 2006 http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/publications/kleinpubs.html David Klein K. “Fritz” Thompson

2. Media Player Closed Captioning Options  SAMI file with carefully selected file name  File name must match the video name  Video.wmv  Video.smi  Mostly works  Captions must be turned on in Media Player  Address to video that includes SAMI address  http://www.mydomain.com/video.wmv?sami=http://www. mydomain.com/captions.smi  SAMI file and.asx file  SAMI file contains caption text and parameters .asx file combines video and SAMI file (like SMIL file)

3. Media Player Captioning & Deployment  Video .wmv  Caption file .smi (SAMI)  Integration file .asx  Integrates video and caption files  HTML

4. ASX File Characteristics  Use XML standards (mostly)  Tags NOT case sensitive  All elements closed  xxx (open and close tags)  (no explicit close tag; use the slash)

5. ASX File Structure <entry> <Ref HREF="http://www.yourdomain.edu/video.wmv? sami=http:// yourdomain.edu/video..smi" /> </entry></ASX>

6. ASX File  ASX version number (PreviewMode)  Metadata for overall content or playlist  Event or playlist title  Authors/editors  Copyright information)  Entry (clip) content  More metadata for clip (video title, copyright)  File locations (complex URL)  video.wmv?sami=captions.smi

7. Create ASX File Activity  Handout: Windows Media Player SAMI/ASX Activity - Assemble Files  Objective: Modify the SAMI file created with MAGpie and assemble files to create a captioned, Windows Media Player video.