How to Add Closed Captions to Your Videos

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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

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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

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