Char James Tanny put together a great list of resources on captioned videos. I wanted to capture it here so I could embed videos, share a few notes and post screen shots from YouTube. They are examples showing how the following types of videos differ: no captions basic captions (built-in video) captions (turn on/off) transcripts …
I had been looking for resources that show those with normal hearing what it’s like to hear with different levels of hearing loss, hearing aids, and cochlear implants. I had two resources in an old blog post and found three more today, so I’m combining them in this post. As I come across more resources, …
A New Meme Is Brewing: YouTube CaptionFail. This is one of those situations, where you wonder, is it better to have captions even though a lot of it is messed up or no captions at all. I tried to autocaption two of my previously captioned videos. I took off the captions and let YouTube try …
Lots of resources from DeafNetwork. Going To College http://www.going-to-college.org/ This new website contains information about living college life with a disability. It is designed for high school students. The site provides video clips, activities, and resources that can help them get a head start in planning for college. Video interviews with college students with disabilities …
“Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability. They are the world’s largest minority.” – [UN Enable Facesheet](http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18) [Link: [Laura Carlson](http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/)] Isn’t that reason enough to make accommodations? Caption videos? Do voice overs? Design accessible web sites? What more do you need? 10 percent of the WORLD. …
If you’re like me, you search for captioned video on a per site basis. For example, you use [Hulu](http://www.hulu.com/search?query=dance&st=1)’s cc only caption feature, [Google Video](http://video.google.com/videoadvancedsearch)’s show captioned videos only feature and [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&closed_captions=1&search_query=dance)’s “closed captioned” type feature. Even these search tools are not perfect. For example, I added subtitles to all of [my YouTube videos](http://www.meryl.net/user/meke), but …
From [Deafnetwork.com](http://deafnetwork.com) Do you get tired of fingerspelling country names? Have you ever searched online for country name-signs but can’t find what you’re looking for? Problem solved! Check out [www.aslresource.net](http://www.aslresource.net) This website serves as a resource for those seeking to learn the signs for various countries around the world. A list of references is included …
[Jen Rohrig](http://accessites.org/site/2009/09/online-video-captioning/) and I have something in common. We just avoid videos online because we know the chances of them having captions are slim. The captions on a recent TV show were muddled (cut off sentences, combined words for non-sensical phrases), so I went online to see if I could view the episode online as …
Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s [National Center on Disability and Journalism](http://ncdj.org/styleguide/) provides a style guide that explains the common terms related to disabilities and their usage. The style guide points which items follow the AP style guide and which don’t. It offers tips on when to use certain words …
Terrill Thompson of University of Washington has a great post detailing [free tools to caption YouTube videos](http://terrillthompson.com/2009/08/free-tools-for-captioning-youtube.html) and reviews some of the applications. I’ve used [CaptionTube to do my video](http://www.meryl.net/ci/2009/04/captiontube_you.html). – [CapScribe](http://capscribe.snow.utoronto.ca/): Mac and Firefox – [CaptionTube](http://captiontube.appspot.com/): web-based – [dotSub](http://dotsub.com/): web-based – [Easy YouTube Caption Creator](http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/easy-youtube-caption-creator/): web-based – [MAGpie](http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/index.html): Windows and Mac – [Overstream](http://www.overstream.net/): web-based …
