IFLA Journal article has been published! It's part of the special issue on AI and discusses Whisper automated speech recognition, our work to make AV collections more searchable and accessible, and insights from our student caption editors on how using Whisper transforms their work. Thankful to my co-authors and our project team.
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Viel Forschung, wenig Umsetzung
Inklusionsarbeit ist weder leicht noch ruhmreich
Es wird im Bereich Schwerhörigkeit und Gehörlosigkeit viel geforscht und kreative Produkte entwickelt - aber es kommt selten etwas bei uns, den Menschen mit Schwerhörigkeit und Gehörlosigkeit, an. Warum eigentlich?
https://doofe-ohren.de/index.php/2025/01/15/viel-forschung-wenig-umsetzung/
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@sidereal I can't comment on the time taken to edit video.
As someone who occasionally transcribes: I assure readers that the time required to transcribe can be enormous — COLOSSAL — compared to the duration of the audio or AV content that must be listened to, repeatedly.
I can not speak for @howisyourdog but I typically don't bother with content that lacks captions (subtitles). Substandard accessibility is an immediate turn-off.
Do you put color information in the captions of the pictures you post here? Like "a miniature ork barbarian with green skin and red armour in front of a black background?". I would assume that it's not relevant?
I've been so annoyed that there still isn't a decent WebVTT parser for PHP (there's a few halfway there ones, but they don't do much more than SRT parsers).
So this weekend I've started on making one, based on the original Mozilla vtt.js parser. I already have the basics working, but the region and content parsing as well as the test cases, still need quite some work before I'll publish it.
Goal is to make a spec compliant parser, validator and writer.
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@hellomiakoda This!
As a fellow #actuallyautistic human with #auditoryprocessing difficulties, I use closed #captions full time. The auto-generating ones on #youtube and other #tech like #msteams #googlemeet and #zoom range from OK to atrocious, and at the drop of a hat. If someone has an accent or is speaking quickly? Forget it. The level of purely unnecessary difficulty just increased exponentially.
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A reunion with Theatre of the Deaf colleagues from 42 years ago prompted some thoughts about sign language interpreters, captions, and audio description:
onsman.comLost in Translation - Ricky OnsmanBeing a sign language interpreter can be tricky.
Not sure if this is a stretch, but has anyone managed to get automated #captions (or CART) and shareable live #transcriptions working with the public #Jitsi Meet instance, even via a third-party app?
I'm not interested in self-hosting, and I'm open to paid solutions. I know that there are some services that offer a bot that you can invite into your meeting to transcribe, but the ones I've tried don't work with Jitsi (Iist in 
)
meet.jit.siJitsi MeetJoin a WebRTC video conference powered by the Jitsi Videobridge
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Psst. In case you missed it last week, we published the schedule for WordPress Accessibility Day. 24 hours of phenomenal talks - all free, on Zoom with live #captions and #ASL. Registration is open, won't you join us?
#WordPress #accessibility #a11y #conference #captioned #SignLanguage
https://2024.wpaccessibility.day/announcing-our-2024-schedule/
WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 · Announcing Our 2024 Schedule! - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024The 2024 schedule is now available! Learn more about the topics, speaker diversity, and other things to look forward to at this year's event.
ome countries use "subtitles" instead of "captions." But in the U.S., captions and subtitles are not the same thing. The word isn't important, but the difference is important. Meryl Evans explains...
Meryl.net home · Captions vs. Subtitles: Leave No Viewer Behind – Meryl.net homeContentsSummaryClarifying Captions and Subtitle TermsCaptionsSubtitlesProblems with SubtitlesTips for Accessible Subtitles and CaptionsLevel up Your Accessibility and Inclusion Efforts SummaryNote: Some countries use "subtitles" instead of "captions." But in the U.S., captions and subtitles are not the same thing. The word isn't important, but the difference is important. This is about captioning shows and movies in ... Read more
A complete guide for adding captions to YouTube videos https://blog.pope.tech/2024/05/24/a-complete-guide-for-adding-captions-to-youtube-videos/ #youtube #captions #a11y
Pope Tech Blog · A complete guide for adding captions to YouTube videos - Pope Tech BlogLearn everything you need to know to add captions to your own YouTube videos.
Does anyone have any insight into how #ClosedCaptions happen?
I've noticed issues in two shows recently, due to the strong accents and speech patterns (Northern Irish in Blue Lights on SBS, and Yorkshire in The Long Shadow on Stan).
Are the #captions generated by computer and checked by human? Are they done by the production/distribution company, or the broadcaster? #subtitles #question #accessibility
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@brucelawson whisper can't just transcribe, it also can put out SRT-Files which you can import in Programms like davinci resolve to add closed captions in the video file (which time stamps and everything)!
Saved my ass some days ago. But even though it's actually quite good, you still need to (and should anyway) check the output for errors.