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Knowbility Be A Digital Ally Series: Video Captioning

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Knowbility Be A Digital Ally Series announcement.

Whether you’re deaf, hard of hearing, work in a quiet or noisy environment, or comprehend better with the written word, captioned videos benefit everyone.

Captioning is the text version of what is spoken in a video.

For readers of this blog, you know I’m a longtime advocate for video captions.

I’ve been writing about the benefits of video captions as well as video captioning success stories for years.

Which is why I’m excited about the third session in Knowbility’s Be A Digital Ally series.

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Plan Ahead: Designing for Translation

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Online voter registration form for Nevada Secretary of State displays English instructions followed by Spanish instructions. Text next to screenshot reads: Providing a customer experience where the customer has to go through the English website to get to the Spanish (or other language) site. Offer them a dedicated URL that they can bookmark.

Have you ever visited a website in a different language, only to discover content wasn’t translated correctly?

For example, one page has content written in two languages.

Labels in the navigation menu overlap each other. Text in form labels overlap their associated form fields.

Imagery on the site is English-focused and doesn’t align with the culture of the language.

You quickly realize the site wasn’t planned for different languages.

Continue reading Plan Ahead: Designing for Translation

Axe-con: Free, Online Digital Accessibility Conference on March 10-11, 2021

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Axe-con building accessible experiences, virtual conference: March 10-11, 2021.

The inaugural axe-con, an open and inclusive digital accessibility virtual conference hosted by Deque Systems, launches March 10 to 11, 2021 with over 90 speakers from around the world.

Named for their axe-core project, an open source library and accessibility testing engine, the free two-day event features a variety of presentations, including case studies, accessibility compliance, best practices, and updates from technology leaders from around the world. Continue reading Axe-con: Free, Online Digital Accessibility Conference on March 10-11, 2021

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