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Re: Captioning question

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Aug 20, 2014 3:21PM


I'd say it's a requirement to not cover up critical/important content in the video that must be read/seen. However, there's also a more advisory level item to place the caption in a location that doesn't block other aspects of the video. Practically speaking this may be more difficult. So it's always helpful to provide information to the user to overcome these issues when they were not done properly.

Jonathan

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Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:46 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Captioning question

Hello List!

Long time lurker...

A captioning question that I didn't have the answer to and I hope someone has advice for.

When creating videos, labels are sometimes embedded within videos to provide onscreen information of interviewees or locations. When implementing captions, they can cover these descriptions.

Are there best practices for onscreen description placement? Or would it be best practice to inform users that they control the caption placement on youtube videos?

Joshua Hori
Accessible Technology Analyst
University of California, Davis
Student Disability Center