Just like the closed captioning text on a television, online
video content can be captioned to enable accessibility for
people with disabilities. Captioning is a relatively simple
process that will allow for greater functionality of web
content, and will ensure that projects are in compliance with
Sec. 508 of the Rehabilitation Act as well as Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines. Captioning does not have to just mean
a transcript of the audio portion of your video. It can also
provide additional information about what is visible on the
screen allowing video content to be accessible to vision
impaired users. WHAT YOU NEED Transcribe the video into a text
document (file format of .txt). The transcription should be
single spaced with two returns between speaking breaks. Files
created in this manner are easily imported into Magpie (Magpie
will automatically enter the text into separate fields), and
will result in a lot of saved time. Separate sentences mean
separate lines A basic rule to remember when transcribin