Have a video that you need to make accessible, but don't have a clue how to start? This book will get you up and running in no time. It will show you how in layman's language how to go about the task of closed captioning your videos, what the different formats are, what software to use, and will also go over the basic style guidelines in creating captioned videos.
Captioning video not only makes video accessible to the
deaf and hard-of-hearing, but there are other compelling reasons
for it as well. These are also good talking points to convince
others of the need to caption video.
• Captioned videos have better user retention of the video content.
• The video’s transcripts are searchable, so you will get better
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which may give you a leg
up on your competition.
• Captioned video also opens y...