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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/NCI) [E]
Date: May 11, 2020 9:51AM

Thanks, Jonathan! Looks like very useful information - I'll pass it on to our video producers and social media staff. I'm hoping they or their technical support staff will understand the dos and don'ts. have you found this process 'user friendly'?

Gary M.


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I've seen some people using encoded captions using the CEA 608 methods common in broadcasting. OBS Studio is free and a common method of streaming into Facebook live and allows for the caption encoding from third parties.
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.8562-6/66086585_1127049914146262_5362522782250827776_n.pdf?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=ae5e01&_nc_oc=AQk16aGpk3nHzDTMpXAntKiMNN1tpJH0WjqSwbuXkqTwjgxBpWsGmynBPtPjoIC6mpA&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=45bc21a958bf8478c78be5856eadf089&oe=5ED90D24

An article from AI Media on setting up OBS -- but this could be applied to others.
https://kb.ai-media.tv/knowledge-base/setting-up-open-broadcaster-software-obs-for-facebook-live-with-captions/

Jonathan

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For those of you whose agencies or organizations sponsor Facebook Live or YouTube Live events (I may be missing other similar, social media platforms) - what are you using for captioning services and how does it appear to the end user (such as embedded within the live feed or watched in a separate browser frame)? Note that I'm talking about live events with captioning in real-time, not adding captions to the recording of the Facebook or YouTube Live event after the fact.

* Is the captioning appearing within the video itself or does the end user have to open up a separate web screen to view it simultaneously?
For vision-related accessibility, do you provide audio-descriptions upon request in response to a reasonable accommodation request, or perhaps coach your presenters to be more organically descriptive in their presentations to better convey the visuals?

Thanks!

Gary M. Morin, Section 508 Coordinator
NCI Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL) NCI Shady Grove Campus, Room 2E-568
9609 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 276-6920

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