Even though one in four people has a disability in the U.S., not everyone has met someone with a disability. At least, not one they know about. When we have not engaged with a disabled person, it’s harder to know how to be a disability ally. Naturally, people have assumptions based on what they’ve seen … Read more
What’s the progress over perfection approach in accessibility? First, let’s get something out of the way. Often, people think accessibility is the web development or IT team’s job. Far from it. Accessibility is for everyone. It’s everyone’s responsibility, every department from human (HR) resources and marketing to finance and procurement has a part to play. … Read more
I learned about the importance of 360-degree accessibility as a teen. My mom and I went shopping. I went into the dressing room to try on clothes. Mom went back out to browse the store. After finishing, I opened the dressing room door to find Mom and the salesperson smiling and chatting. It turned out … Read more
Many companies’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives overlook people with disabilities and accessibility. Hence, they have a gaping hole in their workforce. People with disabilities come up with innovative solutions and ways to better their companies. We also notice things most employees won’t catch. Jessica Lopez has a great post that lists technology inventions … Read more
“Stranger Things” is a fascinating case study of high-quality captions as well as too many captions for sounds. We can learn a lot from the show’s captions.
All communications and interactions need to have multiple options. Not everyone wants to do the default, which is often a phone call or talking.
In August 2017, I had unexpected emergency surgery. This was going to make it difficult for me to train for my second half marathon the following December. The doctor told me to take it easy for two weeks. And then slowly ramp up my workouts based on how I feel. In other words, make progress, … Read more
Here’s a round-up of short captioned topics and tips. These used to be in the giant captioned video guide. But it was becoming unwieldy and I wanted to take out instructions for software as that’s always changing. I also separated out the Captioning Videos FAQ. Captions Revealing Secrets Should captions reveal secrets? Sometimes the speaker … Read more
When it first hit, the pandemic was a curse. For everyone, of course. But I’m talking about it being a curse in a different way for me as a deaf person. You know. With a mask-mask here. And a mask-mask there. Here a mask, there a mask. Everywhere a mask-mask. Sorry. Got carried away there … Read more
Thank you for your interest in captioning videos! When you caption videos, You’ll be rewarded with more video views because those with captions reach more viewers than those without captions. Here are the answers to frequently asked questions about captioning videos. Who uses captions on videos? Believe it or not, it’s not just deaf or … Read more