[Athen] Guidelines for captioning video: don't forget recording quality

[Molly Griffith]

Thanks Christine! This is very helpful.

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:45 AM Christine Robinson <crobinson at ggc.edu>
wrote:


> We don’t have a line item in our budget for captioning at this point,

> either. We’re still in fairly early stages of helping our faculty members

> create accessible instructional materials, and these days, we’re simply

> encouraging them to do as much of their own captioning as they can.

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> We use Kaltura for most video; some of our faculty upload their videos to

> YouTube. With either platform, there is automatic machine captioning. Of

> course, there are lots of speech-to-text “caption fails,” but at least our

> profs can use that captioning as a basis, and then make corrections where

> needed.

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> Correcting machine captioning can be very time-consuming, so we’re trying

> to help our faculty members learn how to *create* videos with higher

> audio quality. Better audio results in fewer errors in the machine

> captioning, which means it takes less time to correct.

>

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>

> Our recommendations:

>

> 1.       Script: Whenever possible, work from a script instead of

> speaking off the cuff.

>

> 2.       Microphone: Use the best mic possible (not the laptop’s mic),

> keep it close to the mouth, learn to adjust levels so the sound isn’t

> distorted.

>

> 3.       Enunciation: Take care to speak as clearly as possible.

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> Hope this helps a bit!

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>

> Best,

>

> Chris

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>

>

> *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching

> Excellence

>

> *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane | Lawrenceville,

> GA 30043

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Molly Griffith

> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 23, 2017 3:31 PM

> *To:* athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] Guidelines for captioning video

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>

> We are trying to get a feel for what guidelines are out there in terms of

> captioning videos for courses.

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> 1. Does your institution have a budget for captioning?

>

> 2. If so, are there limits on how much video can be captioned per course?

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> Any information is appreciated!

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