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We recently heard from an organization evaluating live captioning for a single employee who is deaf and participates in 25-30 hours of virtual meeting...

A practical guide for city clerks considering automated AI transcription for council meetings, planning boards, and public hearings. Covers accuracy, ...

Cities across the country are adopting AI transcription to make public meetings searchable, summarized, and accessible to residents. Here is what is d...

Research and real-world evidence show that when city meetings are searchable and summarized, more residents engage with local government. Here is why ...

Practical answers for school communicators running student TV and district livestreams, including live caption tooling, archives, equitable access for...

The HHS Section 504 final rule requires WCAG 2.1 AA for video on websites, mobile apps, and kiosks. Compliance dates were extended by one year in May ...

The Department of Justice has issued an interim final rule extending ADA Title II compliance dates for web and mobile app accessibility. Here is what ...

The FCC requires manufacturers and MVPDs to make closed captioning display settings "readily accessible" by August 17, 2026 under 47 CFR 79.103(e). Th...

Recap now supports exporting videos with open captions (burned-in text) for platforms that do not support closed caption uploads. Learn when to use op...

The DOJ's ADA Title II final rule requires WCAG 2.1 Level AA for government video, but five specific exceptions may apply. Learn which videos are exem...

The DOJ's ADA Title II rule requires government social media videos to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Learn what is required, which posts are exempt, and how...

City clerks, media teams, and communications directors need accessible social media video. Learn how Recap provides a complete turnkey solution with c...

A practical guide for city clerks, city managers, and local government IT staff who need to add closed captions, live captions, and audio descriptions...

Recap Innovations now supports real-time text-to-speech voiceover for translated live captions. Attendees can hear translations spoken aloud in 40+ la...

A technical comparison of SMPTE-TT and EBU-TT caption formats for broadcast and streaming. Learn when to use each format for North American and Europe...

A technical guide to FCC closed captioning display settings requirements under the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Le...

A technical guide to FER and WER for measuring caption accuracy. Learn when to use each metric, how they differ, and what procurement teams should req...

How SAML 2.0 and single sign-on enable secure, seamless access to video captioning and accessibility tools for colleges, universities, and government ...

How statewide and consortium live captioning and audio description contracts help public universities, community colleges, and state agencies achieve ...