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Creating Accessible Videos

Videos used for instruction, marketing, and outreach at VGCC must be produced and delivered so that all members of the audience can access the content. Accessible videos include captions and transcripts to provide text-based alternatives for audio content as well as an alternative audio track that presents an alternative for video-only content.

WCAG Guideline 1.2
 

Captions

Captions provide access to audio tracks within synchronized media presentations such as videos, pod casts, webinars and online meetings. Captions not only assist the hearing impaired but also provide benefits to viewers who may be watching media presentations in an environment where sound may not be accessible. Examples of this may be libraries or computer labs.

Captions should provide:

  • Dialogue
  • Identification of who is speaking
  • Non-speech information conveyed through sounds such as music and sound effects

How to create captions

The following solutions utilized by faculty, staff and students at VGCC provide captioning features. Be advised that these solution’s speech recognition technology may not accurately caption your audio content. It is the creators responsibility to review automatic captions and correct errors and provide identification of who is speaking and non-speech information such as music and sound effects.

Visit WCAC Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.2: Captions (Prerecorded) for more information and examples of accessible captions for prerecorded media.

Please review the captioning documentation for instructions on how to caption using the following solutions:

Transcripts

Transcripts provide an alternative to accessing your media presentation for the hearing impaired as well as those who may not have access to the video/audio content due to technical limitations.

If you have created captions for your video, most platforms provide an option for exporting your captions to a text file. As with captions, transcripts must include the following:

  • Dialogue
  • Identification of who is speaking
  • Non-speech information conveyed through sounds such as music and sound effects

Audio Descriptions

Audio descriptions enable the visually impaired and people with cognitive limitations access to important visual information that is not described or spoken in the main audio track. Unlike captions, most media platforms utilized by faculty, staff and students at VGCC do not provide built-in solutions for audio descriptions. Therefore, it is a best practice to ensure all visual actions and text are described in the main audio track. Third party solutions do provide audio description services for a cost.

Visit WCAC Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.5: Audio Descriptions (Prerecorded) for more information and examples of audio descriptions for prerecorded media.

In Webex, you may view, search, and edit Webex Recording Transcripts.