Learn how to create accessible videos with 3Play.

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⏺ This workshop is being recorded & will be available for replay
💬 This workshop is live captioned
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Georgia McGoldrick
Product Marketing | 3Play Media
Workshop:
Live Auto Captioning Demo

2. On today’s agenda...
What is 3Play’s Live Auto Captioning solution? 🔬
How does it work? 🤔
Demo time 🖥
How captions benefit all users 👍
Quality of live auto captions 💯
Post-event video accessibility tips 👈
Q&A

3. Polling Question:
How are you using live video?

4. What is 3Play’s Live Auto
Captioning Solution?

5. 3Play’s Live Auto Captioning
In real time
For live events like
webinars or meetings
Automatic
Best in class automatic
speech recognition (ASR)
technology
Integrations
Top live streaming
video and meeting
platforms
Wordlists
Glossary of terms to
improve visual accuracy
of the ASR
Upgrade Paths
Ensure a fully compliant,
99%+ accurate caption
file on the recording
Scheduling
Interface
Schedule upcoming
events & track past events

6. OR
You can provide 3Play with an RTMP/RTSP stream
and we can caption it via our plugin solution!

7. How it Works
Create a live event in your video/meeting platform
Create a live event in any of our integrated live stream video platforms: Zoom,
YouTube, Brightcove, and JW Player or generate an RTMP stream manually.
Schedule 3Play auto captions
In the 3Play account system, schedule auto captions for your corresponding
live event.
Submit a Wordlist
Submit a glossary of terms, phrases, or acronyms to improve the visual
accuracy of the ASR on those words.
Start Streaming
Your captions will post back directly to your live stream.
Upgrade your Live Transcript
Access the live transcript immediately post-event for editing, downloading, or
upgrading to our full transcription service with human editing and review.

8. Let’s Demo!

9. Why should you caption
live streams?

10. ACCESSIBILITY
A11y

11. 41% of videos are incomprehensible
without sound or captions.

12. Captions improve brand recall, verbal
memory, and behavioral intent.

13. Video accessibility also benefits students
98.6%
Of students find
captions helpful
65%
Of students use
captions to help
them focus
75%
Of students that
use captions said
they use them as
a learning aid

14. Let’s talk quality.

15. Caption Quality
Matters
90%+ accurate
Ranges depending on ‘live’
environment
Latency
Live captions typically appear with a
slight latency between the spoken
words and the captioned output
No governing body for
live captioning

16. Best Practices for Live Captioning
Strong Network
Connection
Good Quality
Audio
Little to No
Background
Noise
No overlapping
speech
Clear Speech and
Pronunciation

17. Are Auto Captions
Good Enough for Live?
State of ASR Report
Dive into the findings at
3playmedia.com
Humans are crucial
Especially if you care about quality,
SEO, and branding
Accuracy
Live auto captions can perform at or
above 90% accuracy

18. What should you do
post-event?

19. DIY
Your live transcript is available in
the 3Play account system
immediately after your event.
From there, you can edit the
transcript yourself, and download
in the appropriate caption format.
Upgrade in 3Play
Upgrade your live transcript to
3Play’s full transcription service
with human editing and human
review.
Upgrading ensures a fully
accessible, and compliant solution
with 99%+ accuracy.

20. Questions about Live? Contact us!
livecaptioning@3playmedia.com
Support Documentation to Get Started:
https://support.3playmedia.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001804494-Live-Auto-Captioning
Learn More on the Website:
https://www.3playmedia.com/solutions/services/liveautocaptioning/
(NEW) Zoom How-To-Guide:
https://www.3playmedia.com/solutions/how-it-works/how-to-guides/zoom-live-auto-captions/

21. Questions?
Comments?

23. Ryan Martinez

24. ● What Is Audio Description (AD)?
● How-To Create Descriptions
● Benefits of Described Content
● Quality Standards
● Today’s Legal Landscape
● 3Play’s AD Process
● Ways to Publish AD
● 3Play Account System
● Q&A
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26. “He’s passed the 10, 5. Touchdown!”

28. Narrate the visuals at the time of the recording
Record voiced description and merge with source audio
Outsource for professional description

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30. Accessibility
An estimated 23.7 million
Americans (10%) have
trouble seeing & 3.5% of
the world’s population
live with impaired vision.
Flexibility
View videos in eyes-free
environments
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31. Auditory Learners
20-30% of students
retain information best
through sound.
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Language Development
Listening is a key step in
learning language.
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33. Legal Compliance
May be required by law
Inattentional Blindness
Phenomena where you
fail to recognize visuals
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38. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education
Administered by the National Association of the Deaf
Description key provides standards for audio description

39. Accurate: No errors in
pronunciation, word
selection, and diction
Prioritized: Content is
essential to intended
learning
Equal: The intended
meaning of the program
is conveyed
Appropriate: Consider
intended audience, seek
simplicity
Consistent: Matches the
style, tone, and pace of
the program

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www.descriptionkey.org/quality_description.html

42. Level AA requires AD for all pre-recorded, synchronized media
Success criteria for how to meet requirements
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Three levels of accessibility standards: A, AA, and AAA
WCAG 2.1 is the most recent update

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AD requirements for prime-time viewing & children’s
programming
Goal: TV be 100% described by 2020
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Phasing in audio description gradually

44. A few video platforms that
support AD:
● Brightcove
● Kaltura
● JW Player
● Able Player
● OzPlayer
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46. Time-coded Transcript
Human Describers
Synthesized Speech

47. Upload audio-described .mp4’s to your hosted video platform
Download .mp4 files & share directly
Embed using the 3Play Plugin

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49. Publishing AD using the 3Play Plugin

53. ACCESS 2020:
Plugins, VPIs, and
APIs
Neel Indap
Senior Software Engineer
neel@3playmedia.com
Derek Mei
Senior UX Designer
derek@3playmedia.com

54. Agenda
◘ The 3Play Plugin
◘ Video Platform Integrations
◘ The 3Play API
◘ Q&A
Welcome to ACCESS 2020!

55. 3
Plugins

56. 4
3Play Plugin: What is it?
Our solution for making audio & video on the web more accessible.
Interactive
Transcript and
Video Search
Closed
Captions
Embed
SEO Embed
Audio
Description
Embed
LMS and CMS
Compatibility

57. 5
Examples of our Plugins
Emory Pitts
Theology Library
3Play Media
Examples

58. 6
Playlist Search
MIT Infinite History

59. 7
VPIs
Video Platform Integrations

60. 8

61. - Integration with 27 video players,
platforms, and lecture capture
systems
- Auto-post back captions (& AD),
tagging, and live event captioning
- Round-trip integration - handle
captioning needs from platform
Integration features

62. Canvas LTI integration

63. 11
APIs

64. Customize your workflows
using 3Play’s API!
- All 3Play Account system
functionalities available
- Eg: Building a playlist based on
tags/ folders on your website,
categorizing related videos
- API Docs URL

65. 13
What’s Next?

66. What’s in store for the future?
Plugins Repackaging
- More accessible plugins
- More responsive plugins
- Revisiting customer needs for the plugins (Q2)
Exploring Additional VPIs
- Additional integrations for Live
Extending API Capabilities
- Adding in more endpoints and functions for our API

67. Join our Beta Programs or
Request New Features!
We want to hear from YOU!
We’re always rolling out new
features for our products and would
love your thoughts. If you have
feature requests, send them our way
as well!
Please email product@3playmedia.com for more information.

68. Other ways for staying in
the loop
Check out the “What’s New” page in the
account system for monthly product
updates.
Follow us on social media and keep up to
date with our blog

69. 17
Questions?