Academic Video - Human Captioning

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Benefits & Features

  • Accurate, accessible captions: Request professional, human-edited captions for academic videos to meet accessibility standards with accurate captions.

  • Meets WCAG requirements: Human captioning ensures your content aligns with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for accessibility.

  • Supports YuJa academic videos: YuJa is the academic video platform available at UNL, UNO, and UNK.

  • Enhances learning for all: Captions benefit all students, including English language learners and those learning in noisy environments.

Getting Started

  • All academic videos in YuJa are automatically machine-captioned at no cost - these captions can be manually reviewed and edited.

  • To request professional, human captioning for academic videos, submit a ticket using the request form on this page.

  • Before requesting, consider reviewing and editing machine captions yourself using our step-by-step caption editing training course.

Eligibility

  • Academic units (colleges, departments, or programs) at UNK, UNL, and UNO may request this service.

  • This process is not for individual student accommodation needs. For those requests, please continue to work directly with your campus Accessibility Services Office.

Pricing

  • $1.20 per video minute for human captioning.

  • Campus offices of Academic Affairs are ultimately responsible for covering the $1.20 cost for this service. Academic Affairs on each campus may ask colleges/departments to participate in covering costs.

  • Machine captions remain free and are automatically applied to all new YuJa videos.

Requirements

  • Requesting units must have videos hosted on YuJa.

Options

  • Edit machine captions yourself: Use the provided editing tools in YuJa and our training course for guidance.

  • Request professional human captioning: Use the ticket request form linked on this page to authorize an instructor to have access to human captioning for their academic videos.

Location

  • Service available to UNL, UNO, and UNK.

  • Videos must be hosted on YuJa.

Support

For the most efficient support experience, please submit a ticket using the request form on this page. Alternatively, contact your campus Help Center location via email, by phone, or in person.