Disability inclusion in the workplace is about more than hiring people with disabilities. An inclusive workplace values all employees for their strengths. It offers employees with disabilities an equal opportunity to succeed, to learn, to be compensated fairly, and to advance. True inclusion is about embracing difference. Organizations with inclusive cultures are twice as likely…
Read MoreAs you likely have noticed, our VITAC website looks a little (OK, a lot) different. We’re proud to introduce to you the new VITAC.com. The revamped site features new content and images, updated service offerings, captioning instructions, tutorials, and easy-to-read pages that will help you find what you’re looking for and understand how we can…
Read MoreFor many teachers across the country, their roles as educators will look a little different this school year as they work to support the needs of students in remote, hybrid, and in-person classrooms (or, in some instances, a little bit of each). Virtual classrooms is the buzzword of the ‘20-’21 school year as students of…
Read MoreThe new year will be upon us sooner than we think, and it’s not too early (or too late) for businesses, government agencies, event centers, and others to begin considering their budget needs for 2021. But as budget planners decide on which items (new products, advertising, social media, websites) to devote money and time to…
Read MoreYouTube plans to end its community captions feature by the end of next month, and some content creators in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community aren’t happy about it. The feature, which enables viewers to manually add captions, subtitles, translations, and descriptions to YouTube videos, will be discontinued as of Sept. 28. The company cited an…
Read MoreStudents across the country will be going back to class this month, with some returning to physical classrooms while others will continue to attend classes remotely via online learning portals. Though student learning environments are certain to be different for the ‘20-‘21 school year, the accessibility of those learning spaces should not. In-class captions and captioned…
Read MoreWe often hear from people who want to caption their own videos. Though the best captions are created by professionals like those here at VITAC, we understand the struggle. Wildly popular platforms like Instagram and Snapchat allow users to create their own text to apply to prerecorded video. Facebook and YouTube both can accept transcripts…
Read MoreSince the beginning of this year, businesses around the world have faced multiple challenges to the way they operate, with many responding to new or increased demands for products while adapting to different ways of working in this socially distanced “new normal.” And VITAC is no different, offering fresh accessibility solutions for web conferences, working…
Read MoreAre you interested in learning more about captions but aren’t sure what questions to ask? Looking for a way to make your meetings accessible to all but don’t know where to start? A new ebook from VITAC gives a brief overview of captions and the captioning process and can help you bring accessible communications to…
Read MoreSchools and colleges across the country explored new ways to teach students this spring as the coronavirus pandemic forced academic institutions to shutter classrooms and cancel in-person instruction. As distance learning and virtual teaching became commonplace – nearly 55 million students nationwide continued their educations remotely while schools were closed – instructors had little choice…
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