[Blindtlk] FW: [nfbsc] FW: Google opens up audio caption to all YouTube users

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: "Steve & Shannon Cook" <cookcafe at sc.rr.com>
To: <SCABS at yahoogroups.com>, <palmettovision at yahoogroups.com>,
<nfbsc at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [nfbsc] FW: Google opens up audio caption to all YouTube users
Date: 
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:06:12 -0500

 
 

Steve & Shannon
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas when you stop opening
presents and listen.  

 

  _____  

From: Assistive Technology Online Network
[mailto:ATNETWORK at LISTSERV.SC.EDU]
On Behalf Of Janet Jendron
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:15 AM
To: ATNETWORK at LISTSERV.SC.EDU
Subject: Google opens up audio caption to all YouTube users



Last Thursday Google announced that it was going one step further to make
videos more accessible on YouTube. One of the first steps Google took was
the development of a caption feature in 2008.  Then in November 2009,
Google
released auto-captioning for a small, select group of partners.  This
allowed a small number of users to combine speech-to-text tools to
automatically generate video captions when requested by a viewer.  The
announcement this week by Google will open up auto-captions to all YouTube
users. In a statement Google noted that, "with just a few quick clicks
videos can be accessed by a whole new global audience. And captions can
make
is easier for users to discover content on YouTube." There will be a
request
processing button for un-captioned videos that any video owner can click
on
if they want to speed up the availability of auto-captions.  In making
this
announcement, Google representatives stated, "making some of these videos
more accessible to people who have hearing disabilities, not only
represents
a significant advancement in the democratization of information, it can
also
help foster greater collaboration and understanding."

 

Read more about this at http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/. 

 


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