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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Wed, Dec 19 2007 8:30AM
Subject: Accessible Screencasts
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I recently used the free service Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ to create
some "screencasts" only to realize that they are not accessible. I tried to
figure out if there was a way to caption them, but was not able to
accomplish this. I believe Jing creates content in Flash video.
Does anyone know of an accessible alternative. I guess I am willing to pay
for something, but would prefer open source.
Happy Holidays
~j
John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
<http://www.jebswebs.com>; www.jebswebs.com
From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Wed, Dec 19 2007 8:50AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Screencasts
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Live screen cast or recorded?
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From: Cheryl D Wise
Date: Wed, Dec 19 2007 9:00AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Screencasts
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Jing is more or less a subset of Camtasia with a limited production preset
designed for short quick captures. The full version of Camtasia hers support
for captioning as well as a choice of output formats. http://techsmith.com.
I use it for my order tutorials (not all of which are currently captioned
but I'm adding captions as time permits.)
Cheryl D Wise
MS MVP Expression - Author: Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web
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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Wed, Dec 19 2007 9:30AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Screencasts
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We have Adobe Captivate which does screen casts and more. It also supports captioning.
General info: http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/captivate/
Screencast demo (showing one way to add captions): http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/captivate/Adobe_Captivate_cc_tutorial_demo.html
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From: Cheryl D Wise
Date: Wed, Dec 19 2007 10:30AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Screencasts
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Both programs have strengths and weakness. My suggestion to try the 30 day
demos of each to see which suits best.
Cheryl D Wise
MS MVP Expression - Author: Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web
http://by-expression.com - win Expression Studio -see contest rules
http://forum.by-expression.com/forums/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=1070#1070
Registration now open at http://starttoweb.com for January classes.
From: John E. Brandt
Date: Thu, Dec 20 2007 3:20PM
Subject: Re: Accessible Screencasts
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Thanks Cheryl and Andrew. I downloaded Captivate and am impressed.
Happy Holidays
John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com