Audio and Video Accessibility: Strategies and Workflows Terrill Thompson, University of Washington
James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons
Sean Keegan, Stanford University
Alice Anderson, University of Wisconsin - Madison
MEDIA @ THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 1000 videos in 12 categories on iTunes U• 800 videos in 25 accounts or channels on YouTube
(excluding athletics & student radio) • 44 courses videotaping all their lectures• 37 courses audio recording or screencasting• 1500 videos produced by UWTV• 3500 Research Channel videos (hosted at UW)
MORE NUMBERS
• 70% of all U.S. Internet users now watch videos online (Pew Research Center)• On average, 173.3 videos/month (March 2010) • Up from 96.8 videos/month (March 2009)
• Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube
VIDEO CAN BE INACCESSIBLE TO:
• People who are unable to hear it• People who are unable to see it• People who are unable to do either• People who are unable to operate the player
controls• People who need to search video content• People who don’t speak the language spoken in
the video
System-wide Approach to Funding Your Captioning Project:
Distance Education Captioning & Transcription Grant (DECT)
EducauseOctober 13, 2010
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and
Distance LearningProject Director, DECTCollege of the Canyons
Today’s topicsToday’s topicsWhat is the DECT
grant?Why a System-wide
approach?What is eligible for
funding?
What is the DECT grant?What is the DECT grant?Funding for live and delayed
captioning and transcriptionA system commitment to
support all studentsA recognition that distance
education is the fastest growing sector of CCCs
Financial support for captioning and transcription of distance education at CCCs
Why a system-wide Why a system-wide approach? approach? CCCs largest system of higher education
in US112 colleges serving 2.76 million studentsOCR finding in 19993 responses
◦High Tech Training Center Unit◦Alternate Text Production Center◦Distance Education Captioning and
Transcription grants
What is eligible for What is eligible for funding?funding? Distance education content,
broadly defined
Digital learning object repositories
Live / synchronous for distance education
Delayed / asynchronous for distance education
For-credit and non-credit courses (not community education, community extension)
What are the funding What are the funding processes?processes?
Payment Method A
1.You choose a vendor that is not pre-approved
2.You apply3.Vendor does the
work4.You pay5.DECT reimburses
you
What are the funding What are the funding processes?processes?
Payment Method B
1.You choose from pre-approved vendors
2.You apply3.Vendor does the
work4.DECT pays the
vendor directly
What vendors can we use with What vendors can we use with Payment Method B (direct Payment Method B (direct payment)?payment)?Real Time Remote / Live
Webcast Captioning
Quick Caption, Inc.Contact: Antha Ward, [email protected]
Caption ColoradoContact: Randy Holyfield, 619-540-
7490, [email protected] People Support Rapidtext, Inc.Contact: Kathy Furlan, (949) 439-
2950, (800) 234-0304 [email protected]
Delayed / Asynchronous Captioning and Transcription
Automatic Sync Technologies (AST)Contact: Kara Stark, 877-278-7962
Caption ColoradoContact: Randy Holyfield, 619-540-
7490, [email protected] People Support Rapidtext, Inc.Contact: Kathy Furlan, (949) 439-2950,
(800) 234-0304 [email protected]
For more For more informationinformation James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance LearningCollege of the CanyonsProject Director, DECTT [email protected]
Jill T. RobersonDECT Program AssistantT 661.362.3177F [email protected]
www.canyons.edu/captioning
DECT gratefully acknowledges the support of the DSPS staff at the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community
Colleges
Stanford Captioning System:
A Workflow Model for Producing Captioned
MediaSean Keegan Associate Director, Assistive Technology Office of Accessible Education Stanford University
Preconceptions & Assumptions
- captions are costly to produce
- requires technical expertise and knowledge of captioning applications
- involves large amounts of time to produce captioned media
- perceived as not providing much benefit outside of "accessibility"
Develop a workflow solution to simplify
the creation of accessible media and
promote the benefits of captioning.
Current Examples
Haas Center for Public Service
- Video Gallery
Graduate School of Business
- FBI Director Robert Mueller
- Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital
Stanford’s YouTube Channel
- Einstein's General Theory of Relativity - Lecture 1
- Programming Paradigms - Lecture 1
- Stanford Captioning Websitehttp://captioning.stanford.edu
- Captioning YouTube & iTunes U mediahttp://captioning.stanford.edu/captionutube.php
- Automatic Caption Timing in YouTubehttp://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/automatic-captions-in-youtube.html
- JW FLV Playerhttp://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/
Additional Resources
John FoliotProgram ManagerStanford Online Accessibility [email protected]://soap.stanford.edu
Sean KeeganAssociate Director, Assistive TechnologyOffice of Accessible [email protected]://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/
http://captioning.stanford.edu/
Audio and Video Accessibility:
Strategies and Workflows
Audio and Video Accessibility:
Strategies and Workflows
Alice Anderson, Technology Accessibility Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 13, 2010 - Educause
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Facts
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin • Founded:1848 (First class: February 1849) • Campus: 935 acres (main campus) • Enrollment: 42,099 • Budget: $2,448,800,000 (2009–2010) • Chancellor: Carolyn “Biddy” Martin
Major Challenges for SWD @UW-MadisonMajor Challenges for SWD @UW-Madison
1. Captioning & Transcripts
2. PDF’s
3. PowerPoints
Why UW-Madison NOT caption:
1. It is too hard!
2. It costs too much!
Why UW-Madison NOT caption:
1. It is too hard!
2. It costs too much!
University of Wisconsin-Madison
World Caption Tool . . . to the Rescue World Caption Tool . . . to the Rescue
University of Wisconsin-Madison
NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS
Campus Media Captioning Solutiona means for capturing, obtaining
transcripts, captioning and publishing classroom lectures, public speeches, video and audio resources over the web, DVD, etc.
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/captionPilot.asp
University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Anticipate purchase by University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW System to exceed $5K.
By state statute, any purchase exceeding $5,000.00 ($50.00 for printing) must be transacted via an official state purchase order ...
University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Time passes . . . the RFP process
- Requirements identified
- Scoring criteria agreed upon- Vendors identified to receive RFP- Independent scoring of responses- Anonymous testing- References checked- Contract(s) awarded September 1, 2010- UW System Campuses notified
University of Wisconsin-Madison Purchasing ServicesUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Purchasing Services
Media Captioning Services
Contract # 10-5251
SCOPE: Contract for Media Captioning and Transcription Services for captioning Web media in conjunction with projects involving the delivery of video to the Web and mobile environments. The University is engaged in continuing education, extension programs, online classes and class materials, and Web content development using various technologies. In support of students with disabilities, laws requiring accessible content, and to support a variety of learning styles, the University is committed to making video and audio files accessible through transcribing and captioning.
http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/purch/contract/wp5251.html
University of Wisconsin-Madison Purchasing ServicesUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Purchasing Services
Media Captioning Services
Contract # 10-5251
SCOPE: continued ....
The purpose of this contracting process is to enable the University to leverage an automated workflow process and provide a system that minimizes the impact on faculty; that leverages price; and delivers a consistent quality of service.
- CONTRACT EFFECTIVE DATES: September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011 - RENEWAL OPTIONS: 4 •RFB NUMBER: 10-5075 RFB - OPENING DATE: April 15, 2010 - NUMBER OF BIDS RECEIVED: 7 DATE OF AWARD: August 20, 2010•- WERE THERE ANY PROTESTS? X NO ___YES - FILED BY:•BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROTEST(S):- _________________________________________________________
http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/purch/contract/wp5251.html
University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Media Transcription and Captioning - Service Description and Support Resources
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