- From: geoff freed <geoff_freed@wgbh.org>
- Date: 06 Aug 2001 10:05:14 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Jeff Hiles <jeffrey.hiles@wright.edu>, <w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org>
Hi, Jeff: NCAM, based at WGBH, is currently working with MIT to make an on-line physics course accessible to blind, visually impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing users. The on-line course is called PIVoT (Physics Interactive Video Tutor) and contains hundreds of multimedia clips. You can read about the project at http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/pivot/index.html Read all the information here first and take a look at the multimedia clips, then visit the MIT PIVoT Web site at http://curricula2.mit.edu/pivot/ MIT students are are writing all the captions and descriptions using MAGpie. You can download your own free copy of the software from http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/ Let me know if you have further questions. Geoff Freed Project Manager, Access to PIVoT CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media WGBH Educational Foundation geoff_freed@wgbh.org On Monday, August 6, 2001, Jeff Hiles <jeffrey.hiles@wright.edu> wrote: >Our university faculty often want to use the same videos for their distance >learning courses that they use in face-to-face classes. Our multimedia >specialists can convert videos for streaming or CD-ROMs. They can even add >tracks for captions and audio description. One thing we're trying to figure >out, though, is how to get the captions and descriptions. > >The things I've read from the Caption Center and from Joe Clark lead me to >believe that we need skilled professionals to describe and transcribe >videos. > >http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/captioncenter/ >http://www.joeclark.org/ > >Unfortunately, people here seem to think we should teach students to do >captions and audio descriptions. Other proposals include not allowing video >for distance learning courses at all, or only allowing faculty to use videos >that come captioned and described. > >Does anyone know of schools that have faced this issue squarely and that >could serve as good examples for how to support accessibility for videos >used in distance learning classes? > >-- >Jeff Hiles >Instructional Web Designer >Center for Teaching and Learning >Wright State University >Dayton, Ohio 45435 >(937) 775-3181 >jeffrey.hiles@wright.edu >
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