Thread by @RedLipBookWizrd

All right, time for Captioning: the good, the bad, and the awesome. And this is the first session I’ve been in that isn’t captioned from the first moment! It’s coming, though. #atia2021

Glad the participants asked to wait on starting until captioning was set—surprised panelists were set to keep going with introductions. #atia2021

Scott is talking about how he is speaking because of 18+ years of learning lip, tongue, air production, etc. it reminds me of @JessicaOOTC and her explanations of her speech and deafness. #atia2021

Students may need captioning in one environment and not another. Lots of factors at play. Give kids lots of tools to pick the best one in any situation. There is no one box solution. #atia2021

Ugh so many barriers to taking in video content—mic and audio quality, video quality, multiple people talk at once, distractions in background, fewer facial and visual cues. #atia2021

Scott likes WebCaptioner—I did a free trial of it for library classes and it is easy to use (and free). Flawed but flexible. #atia2021

Microsoft Translater is robust with privacy and customisations. Google and PowerPoint censors some words?! Damn. #atia2021

It’s super important to make sure your slides have space on the bottom for captions to show and not cover slide content! This has been an issue for some people. #atia2021

Auto captions are dependent on internet strength on both sides, plus processing capabilities on each computer. That’s so many factors. :( #atia2021

Google meet allows downloadable transcripts from captions, nice. Zoom lets you auto caption, use an api token for another program, or have someone live caption. #atia2021

Microsoft translator allows for multiple languages being spoken and allows you to set your preferred language. #atia2021

Ohhhhhhh Zoom captioning is only available for business license of 10 paid users and more!! No wonder I have it at work and not in my private paid account. #atia2021

MYTHS!! Captions for all! Literacy support for all! I would not enjoy television as much as I do if I didn’t always have captioning on.

Your teacher voice amplifies vowels more than consonants and makes things harder for kids with hearing and auditory processing challenges. Use amplification systems and captioning!! Louder is not necessarily better. #atia2021

If you watch Hamilton or Game of Thrones with captioning for comprehension improvement, then you know why your kids need the support in every day life. #atia2021

Tiktok NEEDS CAPTIONS!!! YouTube needs to improve theirs. God, yes. #atia2021

Quality captions:

Accurate, consistent, clear, readable, equitable. Match spoken word, run start to end, don’t block content, aligns with audio and at readable speed. #atia2021

Adults talk at about 200 words/minute. But most kids only process about 125 words/minute. Yikes. Thanks, @rmtc_wilmot. #atia2021

Captions add meaning. Accuracy is important. Word choice is everything #atia2021

This was so great. I’m excited to bring some best practices back to the library for presentations, programs, etc. #atia2021

@threadreaderapp unroll please