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Media Captioning

"It is the policy of the California State University to make information technology resources and services accessible to all CSU students, faculty, staff, and the general public regardless of disability status (per) CSU Executive Order 926, which went into effect on January 1, 2005 ."

Educational and informational content presented on campus must be accessible to all students, faculty and staff. For example, web site content must be accessible to the visually impaired and video presentations with audio must be "captioned". Captioning (or subtitles) must be visible "for any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie, video, or animation.)"

Cal Poly recommends the following Off-site vendor resources to add captions to your multimedia presentations. Contact these vendors directly for your captioning needs.

Video Captioning for VHS tapes or DVDs

Closed Caption Maker

822 Guilford Avenue #148
Baltimore MD 21202
Walter Gallant

email wGallant@CCmaker.com
Phone 1-800-527-0551

website: www.CCmaker.com

Prices are reasonable, short turnaround time.
Used by many CSU campuses,
including Cal Poly.


Captioning for Streaming Media (QT, WMP, RM)

Automatic Sync Technologies

 

The MDS "Roadshow" is a Sample of a Streamed Captioned Video

Click to view the Media Distribution Services Roadshow and learn more about MDS
Quicktime viewerDownload the Quicktime viewer

 

Alternative Methods:

On-Campus "Do-It-Yourself" Video Captioning

Captioning of Short Videos or Clips

MDS Editing Studios
Bldg 2, room 9
756-7198

"Do-It-Yourself" captioning/subtitling
available at MDS.
Training and equipment is available at no charge.
This is a good option for short
(less than 5 minutes) video clips.
For adding captions to a longer video we recommend the above vendors.

Click here to see a short video with captions added using the "Do-It-Yourself" method at MDS.

Video clip with captioning

Additional Video Captioning Vendors:

National Captioning Institute
303 North Glenoaks Boulevard, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91502
V/TTY (818) 238-0068; Fax (818) 238-4266
Website: http://www.ncicap.org/
Provides captioning for educational video
Used by the CA Community College System


For More Information
Please call Dan Mull, 756-2212, or Sandra Swart, 756-2214

More information about captioning policies and accessibility.

 


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Last Update: 11/6/2006

Media Distribution Services
California Polytechnic State University
Building 02, Room 09
San Luis Obispo, Ca 93407
805.756.7198
mds [at] calpoly [dot] edu