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The Captioning Studio offers new online captioning and transcription service

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The Captioning Studio has launched an online captioning and transcription service that is both easy to use and affordable.

You can request captions or transcriptions for your video or audio in three easy steps:

  1. Upload, or provide the URL for your video or audio to the Captioning Studio.
  2. Select the captioning type that you require.
  3. Confirm and submit your request.

A combination of software automation and human transcribers and editors is used to produce the captions or transcripts. When complete, the captions or transcripts are emailed directly to you.

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Ofcom proposes expanded UK telephone relay service

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Ofcom, the UK’s media and communications regulator, has released a Review of Relay Services, proposing a number of expansions to the current telephone relay service for people who are Deaf, hearing impaired or speech impaired.

Having completed substantial research in the area, the UK Review of Relay Services proposes:

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YouTube expands automatic captioning to other languages

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YouTube, which introduced automatic captions for English language videos in 2009, has now expanded the service to Japanese videos.

The captions are created using Google’s speech recognition technology, and while the quality is variable, video owners can download the caption files and edit them. Caption files can also be also be translated into 50 other languages.

In March this year, YouTube began rolling out automatic captioning to all the English language videos it hosts. Video owners can speed up the process by clicking on a ‘request processing’ button.

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Commentary: iOS versus Android: two models for achieving access

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The release of iOS 5 beta 3 with Assistive Touch has sparked discussion in the social media space about Apple’s ongoing commitment to accessibility. In light of this, we take a moment to look at the different approaches to accessibility that Apple and Google have taken in their mobile operating systems.

Apple has a long history of including assistive technology in its products as standard features, and at no extra cost. This history started with the inclusion of accessibility features in Mac OS X, and has continued through to their mobile operating system, iOS.

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