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From: Mike Warner
Date: Apr 2, 2015 12:24PM

Thanks, Mike Moore. I'll present that to the CEO. I wanted to have all
captions synchronized, but was overruled as soon as I was no longer the one
creating the captions. (back then, I was a one-man IT team) His main
argument is the reverse of "except when the media is a media alternative
for text and is clearly labeled as such." In these videos, the text is the
alternative for the media. Hopefully, I can convince him otherwise.

Thanks, Sam Carstos. I'll give your site a whirl.

Mike

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge, Inc.



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> Hi all,
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> we've been using CCs for our course videos for years, having started with
> the WGBH player, back when it was about the only web video player to
> support CC. Since synching is a long and expensive process, my boss
> decided some time ago that we won't sync videos for our talking-head videos
> of subject matter experts. We still have the transcript available for any
> users who want to click to view it as the full text of the video, though.
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> Is this considered compliant, or do all video transcripts need to be
> synchronized withe speaker in the video?
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> Thank you,
> Mike
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> Mike,
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> Your solution is non-compliant. Captions are required to be synchronized.
> Transcripts are not considered captions.
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> WCAG
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> 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded): Captions are provided for all prerecorded
> audio content in synchronized media, except when the media is a media
> alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such. (Level A)
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> Section 508 (outdated but still in force)
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> 1194.22 (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall
> be synchronized with the presentation.
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>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator,
> Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
> (512) 424-4159 (Office)
> (512) 574-0091 (Cell)
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> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:03:47 -0400
> From: Sam Cartsos < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] video transcripts for talking heads: need to be
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> Hi Mike,
> Synchronization is required.. in other words, captions are required.
>
> You might want to try out SyncWords - https://syncwords.com - which
> seeks to address the "long and expensive" part of your comment. If you
> create an account, ping me and I will zero out the charges so you can
> give it a spin. I think you'll be amazed at the quality of captions
> coming out of it. Since you already have a transcript, you should get
> results back in a few minutes.
>
> Best,
> Sam
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