Audio Video (Live)
Audio/Video: Live
Conformance Standards
1.1 Auto Captions available
Bronze Level
Most plateforms will allow users to enable closed captioning. Below are some of my favorite tools for auto-captioning videos and conversations in real-time. It’s important to note these tools are not designed for post-processing editing. It’s also important to note that auto-captions are about 80% accurate.
- How to enable zoom autocaptions
- How to enable WebEx AutoCaptions
- How to enable MS Teams Auot-Captions
- Zip Captions | Online – Free
This tools allows you to generate captions from any audio your computer is receiving. It allows you to stream those captions to audience members. - Google Live Caption | Google Chrome – Free
Built into google chrome and chrome books, you can have any video automatically display captions. See Google’s instructions on how to turn on live caption. - Live Transcribe | Android – Free
Built into all Android devices, this allows you to instantly get captions on any video, or audio coming into the microphone. This is a great way of getting instant auto-captions for real-time conversations - iOS Live Captions | iPhones/iOS devices – Free
With this you can get real time auto-captioning of spoken text, as well as any video displayed on your phone. - MacOS Live Captions | MacOS devices- Free
Provides real-time auto captions for any audio in any app including Facetime, Zoom, or videos played in your browser. - Windows Live Captions | Windows – Free
Provides real-time auto captioning for any video played on your Windows device. - Otter Ai | Free- with paid upgrades
Provides a real-time transcript, while recording the audio. It allows you to go back and review the transcript. Otter provides speaker identification, post recording outlines/summaries, and an ability to collaborate with others.
1.2 Instructor created videos all items are described
Silver Level
It’s important to remember that individuals who are blind will not be able to see that content shown on your screen. Thus its important to vocalize anything your showing, whether that’s images or written text.
Other important considerations:
- Avoid using words like “this” or “that”, which refer to what visually being shown without detail
- When demonstrating how to perform functions, avoid saying things like “click here”. Instead, describe what you are doing, i.e click on the home button, click on the icon that says ‘remove duplicates’, etc
- Avoid referring to things by color, i.e the green bar
- Providing PowerPoints and other presented materials ahead of time allows the student to review them prior to class
1.3 All items should have a professional Caption/ASL interpreter available
Gold Level
If you have a student with a disability in your class, who is approved for captioning, Rutgers Access and Disability Resources (RADR) should have reached out to you. If a student has made themselves known to you, and you have not heard from RADR, have that student reach out to their coordinator to ensure they are submitting all of the appropriate requests.
Its important to note that in some cases the captions may be viewed by the student through a thrid-party site, and not directly through your video conferencing tool. If you do not see the professional captions appear, this may be the reason.