Audio and Video Accessibility: Strategies and Workflows Terrill Thompson, University of Washington James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons Sean.

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)

ABOUT THIS SESSION

• These slides:• http://staff.washington.edu/tft

• Twitter: #e10_sess022

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

VIDEO CAN BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

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

[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]

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

University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity 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

University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

2001

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

Pilot 2008 – captioning and transcriptionPilot 2008 – captioning and transcription

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

UW SystemUW System

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

Contract Vendor Comparison

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