Tingtun Checker – Check the accessibility of web pages and PDFs
Provides guidance on which barriers are created by content and how to overcome them to create accessible online resources.
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Learn BSL from home in your own time with www.british-sign.co.uk
Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial expression, and body language. Sign Language is used mainly by people who are Deaf or have hearing impairments. Online Signing Course – Learn BSL in your own time from the comfort of your home.
YouTube Help: Add your own subtitles and closed captions
Subtitles and closed captions open up your content to a larger audience, including deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers or those who speak languages besides the one spoken in your video. If you already have captions or subtitles, get help editing or removing existing captions.
Closed Captioning on Zoom
Getting started with closed captioning on Zoom. Closed captioning allows you or another meeting attendee, assigned by the host, to add closed captioning in a meeting. In a webinar, closed captioning can be typed by the host, co-host, or a panelist assigned by the host. You can type the closed captions directly via Zoom or … More
Enabling Closed Captions on Facebook Live Broadcasts
More video is being shared and watched on Facebook than ever before, and Live video has become one of the most engaging forms of content on Facebook. Over the past year, daily watch time for Facebook Live broadcasts has grown by more than 4x, and 1 in 5 Facebook videos is a Live broadcast. With … More
Tips for working most effectively with a BSL/English Interpreter
What is the role of a BSL/English Interpreter? Interpreters facilitate communication between British Sign Language users and hearing people who use spoken English, making sure it is a smooth process. Interpreters must have excellent knowledge of the two languages and cultures. For example they will receive information in BSL, process its meaning, then interpret it … More
Is Your Social Media Accessible to Everyone? These 9 Best Practices Can Help
AOC’s one of the influencers leading the way in making social media accessible to all.
How do I add captions to my Page’s video on Facebook?
You can add captions to your Page’s video to make it accessible to a broader audience. You can automatically generate captions and edit them, write them yourself or you can upload a SubRip (.srt) file.
We need more representation for autistic people of colour
I tend to tell new people that I’m diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome fairly quickly. I see it as pragmatic. They get a slightly better idea of how my brain works, they can help me with things that I find more difficult, and they understand why Leicester Square’s crowds are my personal seventh circle of hell. … More
BSL Zone: Deaf Funny Programme 6
Includes “The Deaf Cinema Experience” Last in the series. Deaf Funny is back for more comedy sketches based on Deaf life!
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