Unbelievably, astonishingly, YouTube is now supporting fan-created and contributed captions. It’s hard to believe that it took place–just like it’s hard to believe it took so long. Regardless, I’m glad it’s happening!
Resource: G3ICT
The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an interesting organization. They were launched in 2006 by the United Nations. They have four goals: raising awareness, facilitating solution sharing & good practices, fostering harmonization and standardization, and supporting policy makers [Source]. One interesting resource is their list of bloggers on accessible ICTs. I’m not sure how […]
Defining Literacy
Literacy has traditionally meant the ability to read and write. The National Center for Education Statistics identifies two defintions of literacy: one is task-based and focused on everyday life and tasks: “Literacy is the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and […]
Literacy Narratives for Captioning: Resources on Literacy Narratives
Since I regard captioning as a form of literacy, I am interested in individuals’ captioning literacy narratives. I feel like this will fall under what Sean Zdenek has described as “Caption Studies” in his book Reading Sounds. I want to bookmark a couple of sites that help explain and give context for literacy narratives. Briefly, […]