Closed Captions

I recently tried my hand at adding captions to the War trailer on the Doc Film website. I originally thought a plain text file with the transcription would be enough, but as I learned, good captioning falls more under the area of copy editing than technical coding or programming. Basically, captioning is an editorial task and should not be treated as a web-specific task. With that in mind, I would suggest: 1) Provide a basic captioning style guide for the College. 2) Hire or train captioners to use the NCAM Media Access Generator (MAGpie). Captioning FAQ from WGBH NCAM Media Access Generator (MAGpie) Captioner Job Descriptions

Google Developer Podcast: Accessibility on the Web

Google Web Transcoder Transforms complex web layouts into mobile (and screen reader) friendly displays for easy and fast browsing. Accessible Google Search for the Visually Impaired Google Developer Podcast: The status of accessibility on the Web