Video Captioning Service
Video captioning adds value and increases accessibility. Add captioning to :
- Videos (including YouTube videos)
- Webcasts (real-time)
- Webinars
- DVDs
- Audio formats
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The Justice Department of the United States stated that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires web documents to be accessible: "Covered entities under the ADA are required to provide effective communication, regardless of whether they generally communicate through print media, audio media, or computerized media such as the Internet. Covered entities that use the Internet for communications regarding their programs, goods, or services must be prepared to offer those communications through accessible means as well."
Internet marketing requires web content to be easily accessed by users and search engines, and audio/video content to be clearly described in text so that search engines can index and catalog the content. Video captioning is an important component of any search engine optimization (SEO) program.
Both Youtube and Google Video have closed captioning for many videos. YouTube includes "closed captioned" as a filter option in the Advanced Search options, so you can find accessible/captioned videos.
Google engineer Matt Cutt's said "Making caption files is quite time-consuming/hard right now."(twitter) There are many resources available for captioning, but the best solution is to hire a web-savvy professional caption transcriptionist experienced in the technologies of web video, and closed captioning / video captioning.
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Video captioning adds value and increases accessibility. Add captioning to :
Video Captioning services and sofware is available for many formats, including:
Closed Captioning is required for many forms of content, to meet accessibility standards:
Transcription services are an important resource for all web content, not just videos.
A good transcriptionist or stenographer can generate an accurate, comprehensive text document. Captioning services package that into the proper format for use on the web.