[Athen] Are you using automatic captions?

[National Deaf Center]

Greetings Tiffany,

When you say “We are having conversations on campus…” an important
consideration is centering the people who ultimately are the end-users of
such technology to see if it is effective for them. For example, we often
see deaf1 students struggling with access because their schools will rely
on auto-caption features and will not provide professional speech-to-text
service providers <http://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/stts> (i.e. CART,
C-Print, or TypeWell captionists) and/or quality captions
<https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/quality-standards-captions> for videos.
With poor accuracy rates among other concerns, automatic speech recognition
(ASR) technology must be carefully considered where and when it is
implemented. Generally speaking, it is not recommended for use with
classroom access or live events when deaf people are present because of the
risk of misunderstandings. We recommend reviewing: Auto Captions and Deaf
Students: Why Automatic Speech Recognition Technology Is Not the Answer
(Yet)
<https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/news/auto-captions-and-deaf-students-why-automatic-speech-recognition-technology-not-answer-yet>
.

However, there may be certain use cases where ASR technology could be
useful such as, but not limited to:

   -

   A tool when creating transcripts to edit when captioning pre-recorded
   videos. Editing ASR transcripts can be more efficient than creating a
   transcript from scratch.
   -

   An accommodation for people with mobility and/or dexterity disabilities
   to type independently.
   -

   A stop-gap tool for one-on-one situations when deaf and hearing people
   need to communicate.
   -

   As a note taking
   <https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/resource/note-taking-introduction>
   tool for some students.


We hope this helps provide considerations on using ASR technology on
campus. We also would encourage you to post your question on the NDC
Listserv to ask colleagues who may frequently interact with captioning
requests on campus to learn more about their strategies. To join the NDC
listserv, sign up at nationaldeafcenter.org/signup
<http://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/signup>.

Should you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to reach
out to us for more information on this topic.

Additional Resources

   -

   Does Auto Captioning Effectively Accommodate Deaf People?
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbMB5Hj14Pg>(Webinar Recording)


   -

   Captioned Media: Automatic Captions
   <https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/automatic-captions>
   -

   Speech-to-Text Services (STTS) vs. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
   <https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/automatic-captions>


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On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:25 PM Victoria Chávez <vcchavez528 at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Personally I always enable automatic captions on zoom and I always request

> them when I see the option. I know they are not perfect and especially when

> folks with non-US accents speak it does a very poor job but if an org

> doesn't have the resources to invest in CART, I think it's much better than

> nothing. Otter.ai does a really great job of captioning and when you pay

> for the subscription you can actually add your own dictionary so it does a

> much better job of picking up names and any very specific terminology that

> you may be using as long as it's in the dictionary.

>

> On Thu, May 5, 2022, 16:17 Tiffany Kennell <tiffany.kennell at chemeketa.edu>

> wrote:

>

>>   Hello,

>>

>> We are having  conversations on campus about the pros and cons of

>> automatic captions. I would like to hear from you- is your school using

>> automatic captions on a regular basis, or automatic transcripts for remote

>> classes or events? What do you think  about automatic captions? I

>> look forward to hearing from you.

>>

>>  Kind regards,

>>

>> Tiffany Kennell, BS

>> Chemeketa Community College

>> Student Accessibility Services

>> tiffany.kennell at chemeketa.edu

>> 503.399.5192

>>

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