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Closed Captions or Subtitles?
Several years ago, I was working on an elearning course to teach police officers about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I was at the stage where it was time to add captions to the videos we had curated. I had been using a tool called Descript to transcribe the videos, but there was one video that … Read more
How to Add Closed Captions to Your Videos
Goal: Add closed captions (CC) to a video without burning them in. This gives the user the ability to toggle CC on and off. What you’ll need: Descript, Handbrake, and your video in an .mp4 format. If you already have a caption file in an .srt format, skip down to the Embed captions in video … Read more
WCAG AA and Articulate Rise
We recently fielded a question from a colleague related to accessibility in Articulate Rise. Their question was: “In practice, how does Articulate Rise conform to WCAG AA?” The tl;dr answer: Articulate has a report for how Rise conforms to WCAG criteria for A and AA. It provides good information, if you read the notes. Specifically, some criteria … Read more
How It Feels to be a First-Time Presenter (+ Accessibility Resources)
I live by the assertion that it’s vitally important to do the things you hate doing. I’m not suggesting you need to learn to enjoy said thing; I’m simply stating that you should occasionally challenge yourself to leave your “comfort zone.” Let me explain my stance with a personal example. In May 2021, I received … Read more