Daniel Jacobs
Captioning Service Coordinator
University of Texas at Austin
Aaron Choate
Assistant Director, Technology Innovation & Strategy
University of Texas at Austin
The purpose of this briefing will be to report on how the University of Texas (UT) at Austin approaches video and audio accessibility needs with an in-house captioning and transcription service. The service is a collaboration between campus disability resources and the UT Libraries. The initiative represents unique opportunities and challenges as a shared service. The project briefing will seek to highlight how infrastructure, expertise, and administrative resources from the libraries as well as central funding and support from university as a whole, are used to manage the digital workflows and data needed to ensure access for the deaf and hard of hearing community.