Over the past few months YouTube has been making major strides towards making content accessible for as many people as possible, putting a lot of effort into new initiatives to get as many of their videos captioned as possible. Today on their blog, YouTube provides an update on their recent progress with closed captioning.
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As more and more networks are beginning to broadcast their television shows online it has become evident that closed captions are imperative, not only to cater to individuals that are hard of hearing but also to make it easier for viewers with English as a second language. Deaf viewers have been pushing for closed captions online for quite some time now, and if the United States government has anything to say about it, captions could become mandatory for all television shows on the web.
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As web video increases in popularity it is becoming more and more evident that closed captions are a necessity, not only to make videos accessible to the hearing impaired but also to aid in translation so that people around the world can watch video clips, auto-translated into their own native languages. YouTube understands the growing importance of closed captioning and has teamed up with a number of vendors that can help content creators add captions to their videos. Read on for a list of 12 YouTube Ready vendors that can help you make your videos more accessible with closed captions.
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Actress Marlee Matlin and other deaf web surfers are pushing for mandatory captions on web video. In the 1996, Congress required most television shows to have captions. However, since the rise of web video, deaf viewers have been disappointed to find that many of their favorite television shows are broadcast on the Internet caption-free. Change is coming, but it’s coming slowly for advocates of the hearing impaired. Read more about the battle for captions after the jump.
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