Captioning+for+Accessibility

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 * The CSULA Website has resources to put captions on video to make the video ADA compliant. **


 * The resource shows people how to add captions to video using magpie and captionate and is available at the [|CSULA Accessibility Website] **
 * The CSULA campus addresses Web Accessibilty based on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 **
 * -Section 508 (B) deals with captions and other things to benefit the hearing impaired and disabled. **
 * The website will direct users to download Magpie v. 2.5: **
 * Magpie which is short for (Media Access Generator) is the original free caption and audio description authoring tool, that allows media creaters to create captions for the hearing impaired for videos. Magpie is also usable with you tube videos. **
 * Section 508(B) of the accessibility website listed above has detailed instructions for creating captions using Magpie. **
 * There are also alternative instructions for viewers with Flash 9 players with the use of Flash Version CS3. **
 * During my projects, I encountered problems using Magpie 2.5 as a tool. MagPie was slow to load and the interface was harder to interpret than that of Caption Tube. Also the audio on the MagPie video was slow and hard to interpret. **
 * You Tube and CaptionTube **
 * Another alternative for video captioning is for users to upload their video into You Tube and then through the google app caption tube, add their captions to the desired video. Caption Tube allows the user to insert captions on each desired section of the video. Unfortunately, through caption tube the captions have to be typed but this is the same for the other options as well. Caption Tube is best for You Tube videos since the applications are both connected through google. **
 * Video Critter is also another captioning software that allows the user to caption video directly from the you tube video. It is has a bigger menu and an easy interface than other captioning softwares. [|Link to Video Critter] **

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 * Adding captions using Caption Tube. **
 * Using MagPie 2.5 ****