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The Importance & How To’s of Captioning with Rikki Poynter
In this webinar, learn about the importance of captions and ways to make your online programming, work, and content accessible for deaf and hard of hearing Internet consumers.
From the truth about automatic captions, to programs available to help you caption, and how to use them, our presenter will sit down with you and help you make your content more accessible.
About the presenter: Rikki Poynter is a 29-year-old deaf content creator, writer, accessibility consultant, and public speaker based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has spent eight years on YouTube talking about accessibility online and offline and her efforts have gotten the attention of YouTube, Google, Apple, and more. You can find out more about Rikki on her website or Twitter (@rikkipoynter).
This session will have both ASL interpreting and live captioning (CART). To request additional accommodations, contact Piper Slowinski at pslowinski@pyd.org or 617-556-4075 x126.
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