Over a year ago there was a discussion on this list about "Accessibility of
videos on HE websites" - see
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=WEBSITE-INFO-MGT;8fbd063f.100
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There were also some suggestions that all videos MUST be captioned (possibly
for legal reasons?). However the BS 8878 Code of Practice on Web
Accessibility (which was published in December 2010) is very much based on
achievable and pragmatic solutions - and failing to provide video materials
could itself be a barrier to people with disabilities. Also note that at
the recent CETIS Accessibility SIG meeting I was told by Shadi Abou-Zahra of
WAI that WAI simply provide the technical guidelines - they do NOT expect
WAI guidelines to be necessarily implemented in all cases.
I have started to look at tools for automated captioning and in particular
YouTube. I've given my thoughts in a post at:
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/when-technology-eventually-enhanc
es-accessibility/
Of course automated captioning and in some case may not be usable - but
sometimes it does work and it is likely to improve.
I'm interested (a) if anyone is making use of this service and (b) what
accessibilities policies institutions may have on providing access to videos
- in particular is anyone making use of BS 8878.
Thanjks
Brian
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