In most cases, open or closed captioning is included for videos being purchased, at no additional cost. Those placing orders for videos and those reviewing and approving those orders are asked to check and see if open or closed captioning is an option for selection. Those who regularly produce videos should consider acquiring the equipment themselves, securing access to the equipment when needed, or contracting only with producers who have the equipment. We realize that video facilities on campus may have unique situations to face when dealing with captioning. These facilities are encouraged to make reasonable efforts in meeting the need for captioning in classroom, training, and production efforts.
Technology exists that can caption existing videos.
Options are being explored to acquire the equipment and make it available to the campus community. At the same time, Administrative Legal Services is investigating copyright issues related to the UW captioning videos produced by other entities. Video description means that an audio narration accompanies the video images to provide a description of what is taking place on the screen. Those making video purchases should check and see if video description is an option. Those who produce videos themselves or for others, or those who contract for the production of videos for institutional use should check and see if video description is an option.