public.tv vs youtube
I’ve been looking into the possibility of getting some of our Council’s videos online, following a number of requests. Possible examples include footage of awards ceremonies , interviews with service...
View ArticleMy 2009 Web Resolutions
OK, not so much resolutions as a list of to-dos. These are areas which I’ll be looking more into during 2009. If you’ve got similar goals, or think I should be looking at other things too, do leave a...
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Report from Scottish Public Sector Barcamp 27th March
Microsoft Offices, Edinburgh At 5pm last Friday, dozens of like-minded web enthusiasts gathered at the Microsoft offices at Waverley Gate, Edinburgh, for a Scottish Public Sector Barcamp meetup. On the...
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Deaf Awareness Week and BSL video online
This week (4th – 10th May 2009) is Deaf Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Look At Me”, aims to: improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the many different methods of...
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Filming web content in BSL
Camera and bluescreen set-up I’ve just got back from a busy day filming BSL videos – simple, short clips of a person signing key content taken from the website. For the whys and wherefores, see my...
View ArticleAuto-play: a usability and accessibility failure
My organisation recently published a number of videos on the public website (EDIT – have removed the link as the videos have been taken off now). Those videos started automatically as soon as the page...
View ArticleAccessibility and social media – my presentation
Those of you who read my overview of accessibility and social media back in June know that I spoke about the subject at the ScotWeb2 unconference. Liz Ayzan, from LGEO Research, has kindly posted a...
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Captioning BSL videos
Screenshot of a BSL video Some of you will know about my project to get British Sign Language content on our corporate website. For the background to this, see the original business case and my...
View ArticleAuto-captioning on YouTube
Just a quick post to point out a very interesting post over at the official Google Blog, where they’ve announced that automatic captioning is coming to YouTube. This is really exciting news for anyone...
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YouTube’s caption tools – still hit and miss
A YouTube caption fail I’ve been spending some time on YouTube recently, as we’re hosting a number of videos on the platform for a campaign we’re running to recruit foster carers. Obviously we wanted...
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