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From: Maya Sellon
Date: Aug 2, 2017 1:44AM

Thanks very much for all of the replies! The discussion I was having with
the designer was whether people read the transcript instead of the video or
along with the video. But once again it seems that the answer is "it
depends", although I feel (also based on the feedback) that while
transcript and video may be used, they are more often used separately
rather than together. But all of the input was very helpful and much
appreciated. I have brought it in to our discussions and we will make a
decision and then do some user testing. Thank you all again!

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Shawn Henry (uiAccess projects) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Many reasons and situations for people to use a transcript instead of, or
> in addition to, a video.
> * People who are deaf or hard of hearing.
> * People who won't spend the time to listen to the audio or watch the
> video, but will skim a transcript.
> * People who have difficulty processing auditory information, for example,
> because of cognitive disability.
> * People who are not proficient in the language who find it easier to read
> than listen.
> * People with low bandwidth connections who don't want to download the
> larger audio or video file.
> * People who pay for bandwidth usage and thus don't want to download the
> larger audio or video file. This is often an issue with phones and other
> mobile devices [for some users still].
> * People who cannot play the audio because they are in a noisy environment
> and they can't hear it.
> * People who cannot play the audio because they are in a quiet environment
> and they don't want to disturb others.
> -- from <http://www.uiaccess.com/transcripts/transcripts_on_the_web.
> html#benes>
>
> Personally, I almost always use the transcript because it's faster and
> easier to process information than from a video.
>
> Best,
> ~Shawn
> <http://www.uiaccess.com/profile.html>;
>
>
>
>
> On 7/25/2017 5:53 PM, Maya Sellon wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> A question popped up in a project I'm working on that I answered with "it
>> depends", but I wanted to ask you all as well: how do people (especially
>> screen reader users) use video transcripts? Do they use them instead of
>> the
>> video? Or to somehow support the video after they've listened to it?
>>
>> I pointed out that it's not just low vision users who use transcripts and
>> that I think it really depends on the task the user is carrying out, but
>> would be very interested and grateful to hear from this group.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Maya
>>
>>