Videos must contain captions so that those that have blindness or deafness can still perceive your content. For example, perhaps you have made a video of various locations across campus that you want potential students to know about. There is a soundtrack of music but no spoken word. In this case, the captions would contain an audio description of the images. This way, someone that has deafness will still be able to gain the information by reading the captions. Someone that has blindness will be able to perceive the information because their screenreader will read the captions to them. If the video images contained images of words, those words should also be included in the captions.
Studio captions are at least 80% accurate and include punctuation.
UT Arlington has a negotiated contract with Cielo24 for closed captioning services. The Echo360 system can securely transfer the audio for recordings to Cielo24. At Cielo24, the audio file is used to create a fully compliant closed caption file, and that file is transferred back to Echo360 and added to the recording automatically. When the feature is turned on, there are no actions needed to be taken by users. The fees for this service are charged back to the academic departments.
In general, the closed caption process is initiated by a student providing an accommodation letter to their instructor, however an accommodation letter is not required to get recordings closed captioned. The instructor then informs the Echo360 administrator that closed caption services are needed. If the department elects to use Cielo24, billing information is provided to the Echo360 administrator.
To have voice to text turned on or to request closed captioning, contact the Echo360 administrator on campus, Don Lane. He can be reached at dklane@uta.edu or 817-272-3296.