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From: Karla Kmetz
Date: Mar 19, 2013 2:03PM

Hi All,

I am trying to make sure that our lecture videos offer captions that are
compliant with recommended/required standards.

So far, I have this information from TechSmith for ADA compliant
captions<http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-compliant-captions.html>;:


- One to three lines of text appear onscreen all at once, stay there for
three to seven seconds, and are then replaced by another caption.
- Timed to synchronize with the audio.
- Do not cover up graphics and other essential visual elements of the
picture.
- Require the use of upper and lowercase letters.
- Use a font similar to Helvetica medium.
- Have good resolution.
- Include not more than 32-characters-per-line.

Does anyone know if this is the information I should go by, or if there are
newer, more comprehensive standards available?

Many thanks,

Karla

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