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I wonder if the truth is not more depressing (they don't want to get sued under ADA).

• gumby 4y ago
  I wonder if automatic transcription would suffice. I don’t think YouTube has been sued on these grounds.
  • patrec 4y ago
    But Berkeley has been, and as a result thousands of hours of high quality course content has been permanently removed. > In 2016, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) received letters of complaint stating that UC Berkeley’s MOOC media content was riddled with accessibility issues including low-color contrast, missing and inaccurate (automatically generated) audio and video captions, and screen-reader accessibility issues — all violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/uc-berkeley-removing-educational-videos-from-public-access-citing-captioning-costs/ https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/uc-berkeley-removing-educati...
    • gumby 4y ago
      Automatic transcription has improved tremendously in the six years since that complaint. In my experience (I use it) it's almost as good as a human transcription.
      • patrec 4y ago
        It has, but I wonder if that's enough to effectively neutralize the perceived legal risks right now (I'm pretty optimistic it will sooner or later).