That's basically what we will do too. Looking at code similar to ableplayer's, which will generate an audio-description from a .vtt via the web speech api and google's text-to-speech engine. Still, the production cost and time...
Follow-up: Would/will you locally produce your derivatives with audacity/ffmpeg or adobe, enlisting staff/students, or will you farm it out to a vendor?. So many other questions in this space worth talking about for archival content: Music? Multi-voiced opera/theater? Silent films? CVAA responsibilities when the institution takes on 3rd party broadcaster archives; "safety net" via section 230? And on and on. (Sorry to hijack the thread) OP, you might want to ping some electronic resources/acquisitions lists for catalogers who deal with subscription-based A/V content, they very likely have relevant policies too; there's a few universities that share/make available vpats if memory serves. W On 12/3/20, 2:11 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Kate Deibel" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: We'll add audio descriptions upon request but haven't had any yet. The bigger issue is that our video players don't generally offer multiple soundtracks, meaning we have to have the video uploaded twice: one without AD, one with. Katherine (Kate) Deibel | PhD Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian Syracuse University Libraries T 315.443.7178 [email protected] 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244 Syracuse University -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hicks, William Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] [CODE4LIB] Video content creation policies? Policy-adjacent for our DL. https://digital.library.unt.edu/accessibility/#text-alternatives; bullets 3-5. Interesting note for Texas institutions: TAC §206.70(a)(1) and §206.70(b) would supersede/cover for local institutional policies, but puts an .edu into a weird space regarding the timing of remediation efforts if hit by a DOE complaint (I think, TINLA). https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftexreg.sos.state.tx.us%2Fpublic%2Freadtac%24ext.TacPage%3Fsl%3DR%26app%3D9%26p_dir%3D%26pg%3D1%26ti%3D1%26pt%3D10%26ch%3D206%26rl%3D70&data=04%7C01%7CWilliam.Hicks%40UNT.EDU%7C60d49319eec2410cf92b08d897c7afb7%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C637426231191465219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2BUpEiLMz5BvPOos3uu8WO43QphELepSv0Lz0vEW8vB4%3D&reserved=0 Would be interested if anyone addresses Audio Description since that's of equal import to blind users, required for AA compliance, and AFAICT almost no one does them given the cost. William Hicks Digital Libraries: User Interfaces University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle #305190 Denton, TX 76203-5017 email: [email protected] | phone: 940.891.6703 | web: http://www.library.unt.edu/ Willis Library, Room 321 On 12/3/20, 9:33 AM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Kyle Breneman" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: I'm looking for policies that govern the library's creation of public-facing video content. Anyone have an internal policy stipulating where videos are stored or mandating captioning? Kyle Breneman University of Baltimore
