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Lecture Capture Captioning with CaptionSync™ and Echo360
Echo360 offers automated and affordable systems for lecture capture. Lecture capture allows campuses to create learning on-demand with a platform that automatically, affordably, and reliably captures class lectures and converts them into podcasts, video, rich media, and more for anytime, anywhere playback.
AST is an Echo360 partner for accurate, quick turnaround transcription and captioning. When used in conjunction with CaptionSync, the captured lectures are seamlessly captioned and synchronized with classroom visuals and video.
Echo360 PDF
Customer Quote
- Jim Wrubel
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Using CaptionSync with your Echo System
The CaptionSync workflow is fully integrated into your Echo system (version 2.4 and later). Getting your Echo lectures captioned requires just a small amount of configuration and then everything happens automatically. You can configure your Echo system to automatically caption lectures immediately after capture, or you can select to caption specific lectures that have been previously captured.
Here are the steps involved:
- Apply for a CaptionSync Account. If you do not already have a CaptionSync account, Contact AST to get one set up.
- Configure your Echo to work with your CaptionSync Account. See our tutorial video: Launch with QuickTime
- Select specific lectures, or entire schedules to be captioned. See our tutorial video: Launch with QuickTime
iTunes/iPod versions
If prefer, we also have iTunes/iPod versions of our tutorial movies available. These movies are formatted for the iPod and both captioned and subtitled. You can turn on either or both captioning and subtitling on your iPod to see how they look. Download these movies and load them into iTunes:
- How to configure your Echo360 system. Download the mov file [4.5 MB]
- How to caption with your Echo360 system. Download the mov file [2.5 MB]
The Value of Captioning Lecture Captures
Lecture capture systems represent an important tool for learners with disabilities. The any-time, any-where nature of lecture playback offers such students the opportunity to access and replay course material on their own terms. Clearly, these benefits are thwarted if the content is not made accessible. Captioning not only provides accessibility to viewers with hearing loss, it also provides substantially improved access for viewers with ESL (English as a Second Language) and learning disabilities. Additionally, captioning data enables sophisticated search and navigation features that all students will benefit from.
Useful Research Papers on Lecture Capture
People working on the Echo product have produced some helpful papers on the use of Lecture Capture, especially in the content of students with disabilities. AST is pleased to provide access to those papers here (with permission):
- "Echo360: Lecture Capture Solutions for Students with Disabilities", Pat Brogan, 2009.
- "Lecture recordings: extending access for students with disabilities", Jocasta Williams and Michael Fardon, 2007.
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Contact AST for pricing details and to set up a CaptionSync login ID, and get captioning today!
Contact Echo 360 for more information on the Echo Lecture Capture system.
