Friday 11 November 2016

Deaf YouTubers call out crappy captions with #NoMoreCraptions movement

Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f281413%2fno-craptionsheader
Feed-twFeed-fb

If you've ever watched a YouTube video with auto-generated closed captioning, you know the garbled result is giggle-worthy.

But it's actually a major problem. Inadequate closed captioning is failing deaf and hard of hearing viewers around the world.

A new campaign dubbed #NoMoreCraptions is calling out "crappy" captions on YouTube, where creators are asking each other to make their content more accessible by writing their own captions on their videos.

YouTuber Rikki Poynter started the campaign in late September to close out Deaf Awareness Month, saying terrible, auto-generated captions needlessly restrict YouTube's accessibility. Read more...

More about Accessibility, Disability, Social Good, Deaf, and Youtubers


from Social Media http://ift.tt/2fI1EnI
via IFTTT

No comments:

Post a Comment