Public Videos
Overview
Content authors and administrators are responsible for ensuring that all videos made publicly available on the Rice website include accurate closed captions. This also includes videos that are shared, but not necessarily created or owned by Rice content authors and administrators.
Learn more about Captioning Basics
Video Platforms
There are a variety of video platforms for recording, uploading and sharing video. Some platforms include automatic speech recognition (ASR) captions for uploaded videos, though the accuracy tends to fall below the threshold of accessibility and needs some manual cleaning up.
Zoom Cloud Recordings
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License |
Enterprise available for Rice employees. |
|---|---|
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Video Recorder |
YES |
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Live Video |
YES |
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ASR captions |
YES, live and cloud recordings |
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Caption Editor |
YES |
Zoom is fully supported by Learning Environments. In addition to live video meetings and webinars, you can also use Zoom to create short lecture videos and demonstrations with screen and audio-sharing. When you record your Zoom meeting to the cloud, the recording will include synchronized closed captions and an interactive transcript.
Note that local recordings will not result in captioned videos.
Zoom cloud recording ASR captions will require some cleaning up. Learn more about the Zoom Caption Editor.
Zoom cloud recordings are not permanent. Learn more about Rice's Zoom Retention Policy.
YouTube
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License |
NO |
|---|---|
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Pre-Recorder Video |
YES |
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Live Video |
YES |
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ASR |
YES, both live and pre-recorded |
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Caption Editor |
YES |
YouTube is a popular platform for sharing public videos. Learning Environments does not provide support for YouTube, so use it at your own discretion. Learning Environments recommends using Kaltura for all academic videos.
Videos uploaded to YouTube will receive ASR captions, but they do not include proper capitalization and punctuation, so they will require some cleaning. Learn more about YouTube Captions.
Vimeo
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License |
NO |
|---|---|
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Pre-Recorder Video |
YES |
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Live Video |
NO |
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ASR |
NO |
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Caption Editor |
NO |
Vimeo does not include automatic speech recognition captions, or a captions editor. We do not recommend using Vimeo without first having a detailed process for creating and uploading your own caption files in .SRT format.
If you decide to use Vimeo, see the Access @ Rice blog for our recommendation about creating and editing ASR captions in YouTube.
Learn more about Vimeo Captions and Subtitles.