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U.C. Berkeley has some fantastic classes online. It would truly be a shame to lose them. Many were clearly produced on shoestring budgets. The Department of Ju

U.C. Berkeley has some fantastic classes online. It would truly be a shame to lose them. Many were clearly produced on shoestring budgets. The Department of Justice seems to have received complaints mainly regarding absence of transcripts for audio or video content. Can't speech-to-text tech help? Other complaints include poor formatting of pdf's. If the courses are indeed taken down, I can only hope that at least this starts a conversation about how to create smarter regulations -- regulations that cause less collateral damage.

daenney 10y ago
Agreed. I've had access to a few of their courses, they're pretty awesome. I know it sucks for people with disabilities and Berkeley should invest into making it accessible to everyone, but it would be a loss for everyone if the consequence of this is that their courses become entirely unavailable :(.
- SapphireSun 10y ago
  I think your reaction is the law working as intended. Without the ADA, there is little will to go above and beyond. With the ADA, everyone is outraged that they have to go above and beyond and somehow find the resources to do it.
blackoil 10y ago
Would it be legal to have community created transcripts for all courses? Would not mind to spend some time doing so in lieu of free content.
- xmlblog 10y ago
  Would you want to be legally liable for content someone else may or may not produce when the best of intentions inevitably rub up against real-world time constraints?
- mkolodny 10y ago
  Khan Academy gets help dubbing and translating videos from volunteers around the world [0]. I would also be happy to help. [0] https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200186020-Translators https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/20018602...
extra88 10y ago
Speech to text software alone isn't good enough, it makes too many errors, the DoJ discusses the evidence of that. Captioning video is basically a solved problem, through outsourcing.
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daenney 10y ago

Agreed. I've had access to a few of their courses, they're pretty awesome. I know it sucks for people with disabilities and Berkeley should invest into making it accessible to everyone, but it would be a loss for everyone if the consequence of this is that their courses become entirely unavailable :(.

SapphireSun 10y ago
I think your reaction is the law working as intended. Without the ADA, there is little will to go above and beyond. With the ADA, everyone is outraged that they have to go above and beyond and somehow find the resources to do it.

blackoil 10y ago

Would it be legal to have community created transcripts for all courses? Would not mind to spend some time doing so in lieu of free content.

xmlblog 10y ago
Would you want to be legally liable for content someone else may or may not produce when the best of intentions inevitably rub up against real-world time constraints?
mkolodny 10y ago
Khan Academy gets help dubbing and translating videos from volunteers around the world [0]. I would also be happy to help. [0] https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/200186020-Translators https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/20018602...

extra88 10y ago

Speech to text software alone isn't good enough, it makes too many errors, the DoJ discusses the evidence of that. Captioning video is basically a solved problem, through outsourcing.

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