All video (including Youtube) must be transcribed and/or captioned to meet ADA standards. Youtube has captioning available, but you will likely need to review it and clean it up, especially for acronyms, poor sounds quality, or speakers with accents.
Enclosed below are best practices guidelines for video production.
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Type the text of what was said in your video and save it as a plain text file (.txt). You can convert other formats (like Microsoft Word, HTML, PDF) into a plain text file or you can use native programs on your computer like TextEdit or Notepad.
In order to get the best results, use these formatting tips:
>> ALICE: Hi, my name is Alice Miller and this is John Brown>> JOHN: and we're the owners of Miller Bakery.>> ALICE: Today we'll be teaching you how to makeour famous chocolate chip cookies![intro music]Okay, so we have all the ingredients laid out heSubtitles and closed captions open up your content to a larger audience (nonEnglish speakers, those on who do not wish to use sound, as well as viewers who have hearing issues. Captions and/or transcripts are REQUIRED under ADA.
In the YouTube Studio when you upload your video make sure to choose caption options and language. Youtube will attempt to caption where possible (slang, acronyms, names, as well as speakers with accents may all be un-captionable via the automated process.
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