YouTube’s caption tools – still hit and miss

I’ve been spending some time on YouTube recently, as we’re hosting a number of videos on the platform for a campaign we’re running to recruit foster carers. Obviously we wanted … Continue reading

Auto-captioning on YouTube

Just a quick post to point out a very interesting post over at the official Google Blog, where they’ve announced that automatic captioning is coming to YouTube. This is really … Continue reading

Captioning BSL videos

Some of you will know about my project to get British Sign Language content on our corporate website. For the background to this, see the original business case and my … Continue reading

Accessibility and social media – my presentation

Those of you who read my overview of accessibility and social media back in June know that I spoke about the subject at the ScotWeb2 unconference. Liz Ayzan, from LGEO … Continue reading

Auto-play: a usability and accessibility failure

My organisation recently published a number of videos on the public website (EDIT – have removed the link as the videos have been taken off now). Those videos started automatically … Continue reading

Filming web content in BSL

I’ve just got back from a busy day filming BSL videos – simple, short clips of a person signing key content taken from the website. For the whys and wherefores, … Continue reading

Deaf Awareness Week and BSL video online

This week (4th – 10th May 2009) is Deaf Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Look At Me”, aims to: improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the … Continue reading

Report from Scottish Public Sector Barcamp 27th March

At 5pm last Friday, dozens of like-minded web enthusiasts gathered at the Microsoft offices at Waverley Gate, Edinburgh, for a Scottish Public Sector Barcamp meetup. On the agenda was everything … Continue reading

My 2009 Web Resolutions

OK, not so much resolutions as a list of to-dos. These are areas which I’ll be looking more into during 2009. If you’ve got similar goals, or think I should … Continue reading

public.tv vs youtube

I’ve been looking into the possibility of getting some of our Council’s videos online, following a number of requests. Possible examples include footage of awards ceremonies , interviews with service … Continue reading