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Caption Your Videos: You Have No Excuse

June 21, 2017 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’m an advocate for captioning videos and adding transcripts to podcasts.

Whenever I hear about someone’s new video or podcast, I share how captions and transcripts can:

  • Improve search engine optimization
  • Expand your audience
  • Make videos/podcasts available to everyone

Some people thank me for the information, replying that captions/transcripts are too expensive. Others ignore me.

And others, like web developer Dave Foy, hear what I’m saying and take action. Continue reading Caption Your Videos: You Have No Excuse

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: captioning, captions, Dave Foy, Design Build Web, Rev, SEO, video

Harvard University and M.I.T. Sued Over Failure to Caption Online Content

February 12, 2015 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

An advocacy group for the deaf, along with four deaf and hard of hearing individuals, filed two federal class action lawsuits today against Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT), claiming discrimination under the Americans for Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Continue reading Harvard University and M.I.T. Sued Over Failure to Caption Online Content

Filed Under: Accessibility, Higher education Tagged With: audio, captioning, captions, lawsuit, massive open online courses, MOOC, transcripts, video

Do It Yourself Transcripts and Captions

June 19, 2014 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

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This is part 3 in an ongoing series on transcripts and captions for videos and podcasts. Check out the first two posts in the series:

  1. Benefits of Transcripts and Captions for Your Videos and Podcasts
  2. Transcripts and Captions: Do-It-Yourself or Outsource?

Continue reading Do It Yourself Transcripts and Captions

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: Amara, captioning, podcast, transcripts, video, youtube

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