Transcripts and Accessibility: Student Views from Using Webinars in Built Environment Education

Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu R (2020) Transcripts and Accessibility: Student Views from Using Webinars in Built Environment Education. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 23 (2). 37 -50. ISSN 1027-5207

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Abstract

Transcripts and captions make videos more accessible to everyone. However, the time and resources required for manual transcription are a known barrier in creating accessible videos. This paper presents a small study where students (283) and tutors (27) reported their views on automatic transcriptions for recorded webinar videos. Despite not having perfect transcription accuracy, many students who have used the automatic transcripts found them to be useful. Students were also asked how they used transcripts and this included: to find specific information in a video, as a learning aid, as an accessibility aid, to compensate for the speaker’s accent and pace, to study on the go, to compensate for poor audio and/or connectivity and as an aid for non-native English speakers.

Item Type:	Article
Sustainable Development Goals:	Goal 4: Quality Education
Keywords:	Accessibility, captioning, automatic transcription, automatic transcription software
Divisions:	Digital Learning and Engagement > Online Learning
Depositing User:	Lucy Roper
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2023 16:39
Last Modified:	03 Apr 2023 16:39
URI:	https://ucem.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/75

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