Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

10-28-2016

Description

In an effort to improve the users’ experience when accessing our institutional repository, we decided to add closed captioning to all videos. We investigated a number of options such as local streaming servers and vended products, but could not find one that could meet our needs in terms of accessibility, compatibility with our repository platform, and easy of storage and management of videos. We then decided to test YouTube as a possible solution. We were pleased to learn that YouTube had auto closed captioning/transcription, a method of merging previously transcribed text with videos posted in YouTube, and an easy method to correct closed captions on the fly. YouTube also allows users to search the transcript and moves them to that point in the video. Overall, YouTube has improved both the usability and accessibility of our institutional repository.

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Poster presented at the ALAO Annual Conference, Wilmington, OH, October 28, 2016.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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