Why?
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Wider reach with your content More opportunity for learning, sharing, interacting
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Content more externally discoverable,
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internally searchable
Imagine . . . You are (pick one): • Teacher • School librarian or • Administrator
Your team is establishing standards for purchasing and creating new classroom content.
Put Yourself in Different Shoes
Deaf & Hearing Loss US Deaf Statistics • 1 million deaf • 10 million hard of hearing • 30 million permanent hearing loss from exposure to noise (CDC)
Extended Benefits Increasing accessibility reaches beyond the directly handi-capable.
• British study indicated that of 7.6 million people accessing tv subtitles only 1.4 million with hearing loss . • Captioning applications: online indexed, searchable, improving find-ability • Used by language learners, people in noisy or public situations (gyms, restaurants)
Captioning in the Classroom • •
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Deaf students Students creating content that will be displayed in school Students who are posting content on the web, and want people to be able to find it
Blind & Visually Impaired Statistics American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) reports 2010 Prevalence Rates for Vision Loss* as: • United States - 21.5 million people • Maryland- 98,096 people *21.5 million adult Americans reported they either "have trouble" seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses, or that they are blind or unable to see at all. Source: American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org.
Screen Readers Main Uses and Benefits:
• Essential software that allows blind or visually impaired people to use the computer
• Much more enjoyable experience
Subtitling Demonstration • Amara.org (aka Universal Subtitles) • Free, online, portable
Subtitling is Easy 1. Go to subtitling service web site www.amara.org 2. Click on "Subtitle a Video" 3. Link video to subtitling service (paste video link into the specified box) 4. Click "Begin" 5. Click "Subtitle me" 6. Select the "Speed Mode" 7. Press "Tab" to start or stop the video 8. Type the words as you hear them
Subtitling is Easy - Continued 9. Press "Enter" to create a line break. Universal Subtitles suggests how long a line should be - try to make the break where it makes sense 10. Sync the written word captions with the spoken or signed video 11. Proofread the captions and make corrections as needed After Captioning: Post to YouTube or other specified hosting location
Screen Readers How They Work: •
Use audio interfaces
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Convert text into synthesized speech so that users can listen to the content
Screen Reader Demo Web Anywhere http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php
Benefits: • Web-based screen reader • Can be used on almost any computer • Allows blind users to access computers like sighted users • Great for use in public locations, such as libraries, airports, internet cafes, etc.
Screen Readers in the Classroom • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) • Auditory learners • Autistic learners • Delayed cognitive processing learners • Dyslexic learners • Language learners • Low reading level learners • Support reading and writing fluency
Assignment 1. Subtitle a short (1-2 minute) video using Amara (www.amara.org ) OR try Web Anywhere (http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php ) on a web site of your choice. 2. Think about how you would use subtitling or screen readers in your classroom & justify their use to your administration.
3. Complete Google Poll: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dE9V WTVCdVFXclpkd0w1NzlXY21Tb1E6MQ
Captioning Resources •
Google Universal Subtitles http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/teams/google/
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YouTube Captioning Service: http://yt-subs.appspot.com/
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Captioning project description and resources: http://lbsc622project4.wordpress.com/captioning-guide/
Screen Reader Resources For Purchase Screen Readers • DAISY Readers • Kurzweil Education System
• JAWS for Windows
Free Screen Readers (also see Top 10 article on resource page) • Apple VoiceOver • ChromeVox • Microsoft Narrator • NVDA • ORCA • Spoken Web
Screen Readers- Additional Readings 10 Free Screen Readers for Blind or Visually Impaired Users http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/ Described and Captioned Media Program: An Introduction to Screen Readers http://www.dcmp.org/caai/nadh181.pdf National Federation for the Blind-Technology Resource List http://www.nfb.org/technology-resource-list#SA&LVPFW Screen Readers and Talking Browsers http://www.snow.idrc.ocad.ca/content/screen-readers-and-talking-browsers WebAim: Designing for School http://webaim.org/techniques/screenreader/
Web Accessibility Evaluator (free, online) http://wave.webaim.org/