How can educational entities plan an accessible video
production? AccessIT Article ID: 1211 Videotapes, DVDs, and
streaming videos on the web can be engaging instructional tools.
However, the audio portions of these media are inaccessible to
individuals with hearing impairments, and visual information
that is not otherwise communicated through audio is inaccessible
to individuals with visual impairments. These accessibility
barriers can be avoided when principles of universal design are
employed in the design process, when consumer evaluation is
conducted at formative stages of development, and when captions
of the audio content and audio descriptions of visual content
are provided. For an overview of access solutions, see the
AccessIT Knowledge Base article How do I make multimedia
accessible? A "universal design" approach to the creation of
videotapes is one in which the production team takes into
account the wide variety of characteristics of potential viewers
during the design process in order to make the