On July 13, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love.”
With more captioning DIY apps coming out and captioning built-in apps like Instagram and Tik Tok, there are a lot of bad captions out there. Adding captions to videos is only half of the magic formula for rockin’ captions. The other half is quality.
Presenter Meryl Evans, a marketing and accessibility consultant, talked about why quality matters in captioning and how to create awesome captions.
Highlights:
- How do captions work?
- What are my options for captioning videos?
- What’s the problem with automatic captions?
- How do I create awesome captions?
- Questions and answers