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Understanding
Accessible Media

2. • Websites are changing from using text and
images to using Audio-Video Content
• Some areas where we are using different types
of media:
– Education
– News
– Information
– Entertainment
– Healthcare
How are we using Media Today?

3. BUT IS AUDIO-VIDEO CONTENT
ACCESSIBLE BY ALL?

4. • Today people who are:
– Visually impaired
– Hearing impaired
– Learning impaired
– Elderly
– Using English as a Foreign Language
Face challenges in accessing media beyond text.
Media which is using audio-video content.
Target Audiences

5. • An educational video for teaching students
• Feature films
• Musicals
• Nature Documentaries
• Sport and Live Events
• News
• Children’s Programs
• Advertisements / Programme Trailers / Product
Placement
Which type of Media can be made Accessible?

6. • Text transcripts
• Captions
• Sign language
• Audio Description
How can we make Media Accessible?

7. • Describes the audio of a video
• Displayed on :
– Same webpage
– Separate File (Text file, Microsoft Word document,
Pdf or provide it on a separate web page)
Text transcripts

8. • Textual description of the audio displayed at the
bottom of the screen
• Synchronized the captions with audio / video
• Often captions mistaken as subtitles
• Localized Captions
Captions

9. • Closed Captions
– Displayed as CC
– Appear on user request
• Open captions
– Always visible
– Blocks the view
Types of captions

10. Captions – Screen shot

11. Captions – Screen shot

12. • Universal language for people with hearing
impairment.
• Separate Sign Language video track is added in
the original video.
• Different across the regions.
• Anything expressed in spoken language can be
expressed in sign language as well.
Sign language

13. Sign language – Screen shot

14. • Narration of the video
• Added between 2 dialogues
• Audio description draws attention to the key
visual elements
• Helps people with visual impairment
• Audio described movies
Audio description

15. Audio described Bollywood movies

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