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)
Note: For 'Streaming," contact Dan Mull (805-756-2212)
or e-mail dmull <at> calpoly.edu to set up an account to access preferred CSU-contracted pricing.
Click this link to view a tutorial on Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) services
Automatic Sync Technologies
Email info@automaticsync.com
Phone 1-877-AST-SYNC
Website: http://www.automaticsync.com/caption/vidcaption.htm
Click here to watch a sample of a streamed captioned video
Download the Quicktime viewerAlternative 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.
MovCaptioner by Synchrimedia ( Mac only)
Step 1: Download the software from: http://www.synchrimedia.com/
Step 2: Obtain the required serial number from the Service Request System (SRS) within the "Single Click Access" channel of the Cal Poly portal.
Cal Poly owns a site license for MovCaptioner - a closed captioning/transcription tool for video and audio. This software (Macintosh only) allows you to type transcriptions and create captions for a QuickTime (.mov), Flash (.flv), or MPEG-4 (.m4v) video.
Media Access Generator
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
Additional free tools for captioning. Check it out.
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, (805)756-2212
More information about captioning policies and accessibility.
Additional Resources:
Click on this link for CSU Multimedia & Captioning information