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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 13, 2017 5:17AM

I work with 3Play fMedia or video captions/transcripts and audio description.
I like the experience (I have no personal affiliation with 3Play, just
a satisfied customer).
I find the pricing to be pretty reasonable (and cheaper than doing
same in house).
That is the obvious answer and there may be providers out there that
better fit your needs and/or pricing.



On 12/12/17, Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been researching vendors and finding plenty who will create captions
> and turn those captions into transcripts. So far I found only 1 that will
> create audio description and/or descriptive transcripts to fulfill the need
> for describing the visual content of a video. For short videos, we add
> description ourselves, but for long videos, we just don't have the
> man-hours.
>
> - What vendors have you found for writing descriptions?
> - What other processes do you use to accomplish this need?
>
>
> - *For those working in higher ed *- do you currently require captions,
> simple transcripts, descriptive transcripts, audio description? We
> require
> captions and descriptive transcripts so far here, but it is very
> difficult
> to enforce without resources to provide people. I'd love to add audio
> description, as well, someday, but we need to nail down a sustainable
> process for descriptive transcripts first.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sarah Ferguson
> Web Accessibility Specialist
> > > > >


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