Digital video and audio associated with University of Maine System programs or activities, whether live or recorded, must be accessible to persons with disabilities when:
- Provided to the general public, such as via a website
- Provided to a broad population, such as a campus, the student body or a department, especially when the population is known to include persons with affecting disabilities
- The Equal Opportunity office, Human Resources or a campus disability services office has approved a related accommodation request
Detailed Information
Accessible digital video has:
- accurate captions (for live or recorded video)
- audio description (additional audio narration of any visual-only content in the video such as charts or images that are not fully explained audibly)
Accessible digital audio (such as podcasts) have:
Both digital video and audio must be presented using a platform or technology that itself is accessible, e.g., the video player's play, stop, forward and rewind controls must be accessible.
We have provided a list of Live Event Captioning (CART) providers who can add accurate captions to your live online video or audio events.
INFO: When a video includes "automatic captions" added by machine, they must be corrected. There are 3rd-party services that will correct automatic captions for you.
Accessible Digital Video and Audio - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Environment
- Websites
- Streaming Video/Audio platforms such as YouTube
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