As of now, over 30% of Americans (over 100 million) are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. I’m one of them.
The photo above shows a stack of notebooks with handwritten notes, a pen, a cassette tape, and a tape recorder. Yes, the things from the 20th century. Why am I sharing this photo?
While it’s great that more people are interested in captions and transcripts, they often ask me if auto captions or ASR (automated speech recognition) are a great accessibility solution. I would say no it’s not the best practice, especially for professional content. But it also depends.