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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Dec 13, 2017 10:33AM

Thanks, Birkir. 3Play is one of the companies I am talking to :)

Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist
Department of Digital Communications
Brandeis University *|* 781.736.4259
www.brandeis.edu/web-accessibility
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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