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Creating an Accessible Classroom: The Path from Reactive to Proactive Strategies

In today’s diverse educational landscape, ensuring that every student has an equal opportunity to learn is paramount. To create a positive learning environment, the needs of all students should be integrated into the foundation of classroom design from the start. Accessibility in classrooms isn’t just a legal obligation—it’s an ethical and practical one. Students with…

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The Critical Role of Captioning in ADA Compliance

Americans with Disabilities Act is a piece of legislation that affects most businesses that are open to the public. From restaurants to universities to retail stores, ADA standards are meant to ensure that services are accessible to people no matter their ability. But how do captions fit into this picture? The answer is that they’re…

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Create a More Accessible World Through Volunteer Subtitling

As a non-profit organization dedicated to making video content more accessible, Amara is fueled by the passion and dedication of our volunteer community. Through our innovative subtitling platform, we empower volunteers to create and share multilingual subtitles for videos, breaking language barriers and fostering inclusivity. By working together, we strive to build a world where…

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How to hardcode or burn subtitles into a video

Hardcoded or burn-in subtitles are subtitles that automatically play within the video. They are also called “open subtitles” to separate them from closed subtitles which can be turned on or off by the viewer. Open subtitles are actually part of the video file, displaying along with the other visuals in a video. This is different…

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What is Closed Captioning

A short definition of closed captioning is text that represents speech and sound in a video that usually appears at the bottom of the video as white text on a black background. Closed captions are in the same language as the speech in a video. In addition to the speech in a video, closed captioners…

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English automatic captions and Amara

Hot take: automatic captions are not that cool – auto-magic captions are. Think about it for a second, you’ll get it. Let me help you out. You have lots of stats all over the internet today talking about automatic captions and how cool they can be for accessibility and marketing reasons. I won’t deny that,…

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5 Incredible Benefits of Captioning and Subtitling YouTube Videos!

There are a lot of reasons to add captions and/or subtitles to your videos; these 5 are our favorite. #1 – Accessibility and inclusion This is our number one top reason! In order to watch, understand, and/or learn from video content, viewers who are Deaf or hard of hearing rely on captions. And this group…

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