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altFormats specialises in converting multimedia learning content into alternate formats, such as transcripts and captions, for academic and professional staff.
We believe that students should have equal access to learning opportunities by creating accurate, user centred resources that are accessible and meet current international web publishing standards.
Keep scrolling to learn more about our transcription and captioning services.
When it comes to audio visual content, transcripts are an effective way to help students who may have a hearing impairment or where learners use different ways to perceive and comprehend content.
altFormats aims to provide the best experience for academics, professional staff and students, meeting the highest standards when it comes to delivering excellent service.
Transcripts can be used to enhance a range of university resources such as:
Lecture recordings
Promotional videos
Pre-recorded lecture materials
Interviews
Pracs
Demonstrations
Research projects
We believe in being open and transparent, providing a rate estimator tool so you can easily calculate the cost of adding transcripts to your resources.
Captions – sometimes referred to as subtitles – are the text representation of any spoken dialogue and are displayed at the same time as the audio visual content. High quality captions should be accurate, consistent and easily readable for end users.
While many options exist online to automatically generate captions, they are still largely unreliable, containing inaccurate information, minimal – if any – grammar or punctuation and can often convey the wrong meaning to people who rely on captions.
Starting from a high quality transcript, altFormats can create a range of single or double line caption formats in line with the DCMP Captioning Key guidelines. The most common web standard formats are SRT and WebVTT, but if you would like to request another format, depending on your delivery needs, please get in touch.
Typically, we will provide you with closed captions (can be enabled or disabled by the user) as this is the most common type of caption delivered to students. We can also provide open captions (embedded onto the video and cannot be disabled by the user) if required. Simply choose which option you prefer when you submit an order.
