White House "Eight Years Later" video: interesting accessibility errors

[Claude Almansi]

This morning the White House sent the message below to subscribers: signed "Dan Pfeiffer", entitled "I don't normally do this" and promoting same Dan Pfeiffer's "You're Going to Want to Watch This Speech" blog post. Permalink http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/07/20/youre-going-want-watch-speech though the actual URL  of the link in the message has a bunch of stuff after a ? indicating this is part of an e-mail economy campaign.

And this blog post embeds a video entitled "Eight Years Later" - http://youtu.be/gMwmk7D0BoI - which is a great example of thoughtless design: uncaptioned, made of a series of statements about the economy, excerpted from various Pres. Obama's speeches since 2005, with the dates burned in the video.

So maybe the video works for some people who can both hear and see.  However:
- if you can't hear, you just see Pres. Obama speaking and a bunch of dates;
- if you can't see, you just hear a bunch of slogans heaped together;
- and if you can neither see or hear, you get zilt.

Interestingly, the automatic captions for this video, while still too inaccurate to be of any use to deaf persons, are much better than in other videos, as if the software had been using existing captions for the full videos this one is a remix of.

So what if the video had been humanly closed captioned, introducing the burned-in dates between brackets, in order to produce a transcript including them?

I tried in http://www.amara.org/en/videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/info/eight-years-later/ . Solid pain in the neck, because of the art-farty tricks like having years whizzing forward and backward over what is being said, of only identifying the source of the excerpt after one or more sentences.

So the resulting transcript (which can be downloaded from the English subtitles ) makes little or no sense.

In the  "Most nonsensical exclusion via using video instead of text" category, the "Gravitas Ventures" video in http://www.amara.org/en/teams/independentfilm/ still takes the cake.  But this "Eight Years Later" one is a close runner-up.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dan Pfeiffer, The White House
Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:50 AM
Subject: I don't normally do this

Hey everyone, I don't usually write emails like this, and we don't usually send messages like this to this list. But I just finished reading the draft of a speech the President plans to deliver on Wednesday, and I want to explain why it's one worth checking out. Eight years ago, not long after he was elected to the United States Senate, President Obama went to Knox College in his home state of Illinois where he laid out his economic vision for the country. It's a vision that says America is strongest when everybody's got a shot at opportunity -- not when our economy is winner-take-all, but when we're all in this together. Revisiting that speech, it's clear that it sowed the seeds of a consistent vision for the middle class he's followed ever since. It's a vision he carried through his first campaign in 2008, it's a vision he carried through speeches like the one he gave at Georgetown University shortly after taking office that imagined a new foundation for our economy, and one in Osawatomie, Kansas on economic inequality in 2011 -- and it's a vision he carried through his last campaign in 2012. Watch that history here and see why this moment is so important. All of these speeches -- Knox College, Georgetown, Osawatomie -- make clear that since day one, the President has had one clear economic philosophy: The American economy works best when it grows from the middle-out, not the top-down. This Wednesday, almost five years after the financial crisis fueled a devastating recession, and two years after a debate over whether or not America would pay its bills that harmed our recovery, the President will return to Knox College to kick off a series of speeches that will lay out his vision for rebuilding an economy that puts the middle class and those fighting to join it front and center. He'll talk about the progress we've made together, the challenges that remain, and the path forward. And over the next several weeks, the President will deliver speeches that touch on the cornerstones of what it means to be middle class in America: job security, a good education, a home to call your own, affordable health care when you get sick, and the chance to save for a secure, dignified retirement. They will include new ideas and new pushes for ideas he has discussed before. They'll outline steps Congress can take, steps he'll take on his own, and steps the private sector can take that benefit us all. The point is to chart a course for where America needs to go -- not just in the next three months or even the next three years, but a steady, persistent effort over the long term to restore this country's basic bargain for the middle class. Why now? Well, we've made important progress with the Senate passing comprehensive immigration reform and will continue to work with the House to push to get that enacted into law. But the President thinks Washington has largely taken its eye off the ball on the most important issue facing the country. Instead of talking about how to help the middle class, too many in Congress are trying to score political points, refight old battles, and trump up phony scandals. And in a couple of months, we will face some more critical budget deadlines that require Congressional action, not showdowns that only serve to harm families and businesses -- and the President wants to talk about the issues that should be at the core of that debate. As I was reading through his draft, I was reminded what drives this President to work so hard. I hope you'll watch this video showing the context of the last eight years and then tune in on Wednesday to find out. I don't think you'll be disappointed. Thank you, Dan Dan Pfeiffer Senior Advisor to the President The White House This email was sent to (...) Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

[Karen Lewellen]

Good morning,
Have you contacted the white house, those responsible for this material
and informed them of the issue?
such an example illustrates what can be an unfortunate theme.
On paper an agency or a company or whomever claims to insure an open door
to *all* smiles. In access cases, they claim things are accessible to
*everyone* in a certain labeled box, say the blind for example They
might even get lip service backing from an individual member of said box.
if it works for one it works for everyone since all people with said box
label are exactly the same right? So the on paper gets praise.
In practice, someone creates something like this freely using the all
language. or a company fails to train its staff, or publicly advertise
its access offerings the way they advertise or publicizes other services.
Never mind the obvious, assuming all with a box label are the same is just
as limiting and stereotyping then not providing a door at all.
There must be a component that speaks to the diversity within an often
incorrectly used label, the critical need to put the pater into real use,
i. e. testing something like this video before it gets shared, and more
important of all? That information regarding access be shared in the same
fashion as other agency or company offerings. That means every
communication like this one indicates how and where it is accessible, or a
company includes say as a part of its telephone prompt information or
advertising how their services enhance the customer experience of someone
who along with every other aspect of their lives manages a disability.
Inclusion and access at its foundation is achieved when the uses are
commonly known especially by those not using them.
Just my take,
Karen

> subtitles <http://www.amara.org/en/videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/en/525962/> ) makes

> little or no sense.
>
> In the "Most nonsensical exclusion via using video instead of text"
> category, the "Gravitas

> Ventures<http://www.amara.org/videos/QSkV1s0kwh2U/info/gravitas-ventures/>"

> video in http://www.amara.org/en/teams/independentfilm/ still takes the

> cake. But this "Eight Years Late <http://youtu.be/gMwmk7D0BoI>r" one is a

> close runner-up.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dan Pfeiffer, The White House
> Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:50 AM
> Subject: I don't normally do this
>
>
>

> ** **

>
>
> [image: The White House, Washington]
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I don't usually write emails like this, and we don't usually send messages
> like this to this list. But I just finished reading the draft of a speech
> the President plans to deliver on Wednesday, and I want to explain why it's
> one worth checking out.
>
> Eight years ago, not long after he was elected to the United States Senate,
> President Obama went to Knox College in his home state of Illinois where he
> laid out his economic vision for the country. It's a vision that says
> America is strongest when everybody's got a shot at opportunity -- not when
> our economy is winner-take-all, but when we're all in this together.
>
> Revisiting that speech, it's clear that it sowed the seeds of a consistent
> vision for the middle class he's followed ever since. It's a vision he
> carried through his first campaign in 2008, it's a vision he carried
> through speeches like the one he gave at Georgetown University shortly
> after taking office that imagined a new foundation for our economy, and one
> in Osawatomie, Kansas on economic inequality in 2011 -- and it's a vision
> he carried through his last campaign in 2012.
>

> *Watch that history here and see why this moment is so important.
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> *

> *As I was reading through his draft, I was reminded what drives this

> President to work so hard. I hope you'll watch this video showing the
> context of the last eight years and then tune in on Wednesday to find

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> I don't think you'll be disappointed.*

>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Pfeiffer
> Senior Advisor to the President
> The White House

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[Gary Morin]

The White House has a very inconsistent practise in terms of making their videos accessible - both live and recorded, on its own web site, as well as on YouTube, etc.  Almost nothing is captioend in real-time online, and probably about two-thirds are then captioned before being posted to www.whitehouse.gov and to YouTube.  But, then there are specific projects, like www.letsmove.gov, which is probably about 50-50 in captioning.  And there's NOTHING that is audio-described.

 

The White House's new Disability Liaison is a Deaf (and Black) Woman, announced just last week, formerly of DHS, I think.  Hopefully she'll be more response and proactive than her predecessor, unless the position really is just political and putting a good face on things.  Dale was nice, but I usually got finger pointing when I brought issues to him, such as blaming the Red Cross for a White House video of the First Lady and the Second Lady.  No one responds to comments regarding accessiblity left on their Facebook pages or on their YouTube pages.

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[Karen Lewellen]

Why of course they do not comment on accessible issues noted on youtube or
facebook.
When an issue is serious you reach a person. via a means that makes you a
real person to them. That is not going to be facebook or youtube. you
could be anyone. it is going to be a direct phone call or a direct email
or even a direct piece of paper to a person. That alone shows you are
serious. It is very easy for individuals to appear supported on facebook
or something when it is just hype.
Additionally many if not most impacted by the information are not
equitably
using facebook or youtube anyway...they are not universally accessible,
plus most of the populations communicate differently.
those places are not real connection.
I had no idea the white house has a disabilities liaison...wait I sort of
remember that. state department does as well. Without something for them
to do motivated by real people not electronic ones, you cannot claim the
position has no purpose.
Ever try to reach the prior one directly?

Karen

>>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/**blog/2013/07/20/youre-going-**
>>> want-watch-speechthough<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/07/20/youre-going-want-watch-speechthough>

>>> the actual URL of the link in the message has a bunch of stuff
>>> after a ? indicating this is part of an e-mail economy campaign.
>>> And this blog post embeds a video entitled "Eight Years Later" -
>>> http://youtu.be/gMwmk7D0BoI - which is a great example of thoughtless
>>> design: uncaptioned, made of a series of statements about the economy,
>>> excerpted from various Pres. Obama's speeches since 2005, with the dates
>>> burned in the video.
>>>
>>> So maybe the video works for some people who can both hear and see.
>>> However:
>>> - if you can't hear, you just see Pres. Obama speaking and a bunch of
>>> dates;
>>> - if you can't see, you just hear a bunch of slogans heaped together;
>>> - and if you can neither see or hear, you get zilt.
>>>
>>> Interestingly, the automatic captions for this video, while still too
>>> inaccurate to be of any use to deaf persons, are much better than in other
>>> videos, as if the software had been using existing captions for the full
>>> videos this one is a remix of.
>>>
>>> So what if the video had been humanly closed captioned, introducing the
>>> burned-in dates between brackets, in order to produce a transcript
>>> including them?
>>>
>>> I tried in

>>> http://www.amara.org/en/**videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/info/**eight-years-later/<http://www.amara.org/en/videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/info/eight-years-later/>. Solid

>>> pain in the neck, because of the art-farty tricks like having years
>>> whizzing forward and backward over what is being said, of only identifying
>>> the source of the excerpt after one or more sentences.
>>>
>>> So the resulting transcript (which can be downloaded from the English

>>> subtitles <http://www.amara.org/en/**videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/en/525962/<http://www.amara.org/en/videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/en/525962/>
>>> **> ) makes

>>> little or no sense.
>>>
>>> In the "Most nonsensical exclusion via using video instead of text"
>>> category, the "Gravitas

>>> Ventures<http://www.amara.org/**videos/QSkV1s0kwh2U/info/**
>>> gravitas-ventures/<http://www.amara.org/videos/QSkV1s0kwh2U/info/gravitas-ventures/>
>>>> "
>>> video in http://www.amara.org/en/teams/**independentfilm/<http://www.amara.org/en/teams/independentfilm/>still takes the
>>> cake. But this "Eight Years Late <http://youtu.be/gMwmk7D0BoI>**r" one

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>>>> .
>>> I don't think you'll be disappointed.*
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> Dan Pfeiffer
>>> Senior Advisor to the President
>>> The White House

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[ccac]

I agree with Gary that folks should contact the new person at the White House - Claudia Gordon - asap. Does anyone have an email for her. We contacted Dale in the past a few times, and most of the time he was responsive and helpful by the way.

As some of you know, if we do this "in group" or "en masse" as some say - we might have more influence. This is one reason the CCAC exists, join us and use it.

Best to all,

Lauren

http://CCACaptioning.org - for example, with discussion in the CCAC members' forum online (our sole focus is captioning advocacy), we send a letter to A, B, or C and advise them of our large membership, etc. I usually ask for a draft to review. CCAC can be contacted by email also - ccacap...@gmail.com

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi folks,
I did not forget about this task.
As odd as it sounds the best way to reach Claudia Gordon's office via
phone is the direct white House switchboard.
202-456-1414.
Personally, i would call before going the email avenue. Puts a human
voice
and a human connection to that which will follow electronically.
Still weighing if I should tap on her door regarding my own unique
situation. Regardless I hope others seek her out regarding the issues
raised
here.

Karen
On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Claude Almansi wrote:

> subtitles <http://www.amara.org/en/videos/0UtjY96k8HqF/en/525962/> ) makes

> little or no sense.
>
> In the "Most nonsensical exclusion via using video instead of text"
> category, the "Gravitas

> Ventures<http://www.amara.org/videos/QSkV1s0kwh2U/info/gravitas-ventures/>"

> video in http://www.amara.org/en/teams/independentfilm/ still takes the

> cake. But this "Eight Years Late <http://youtu.be/gMwmk7D0BoI>r" one is a

> close runner-up.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dan Pfeiffer, The White House
> Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:50 AM
> Subject: I don't normally do this
>
>
>

> ** **

>
>
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>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I don't usually write emails like this, and we don't usually send messages
> like this to this list. But I just finished reading the draft of a speech
> the President plans to deliver on Wednesday, and I want to explain why it's
> one worth checking out.
>
> Eight years ago, not long after he was elected to the United States Senate,
> President Obama went to Knox College in his home state of Illinois where he
> laid out his economic vision for the country. It's a vision that says
> America is strongest when everybody's got a shot at opportunity -- not when
> our economy is winner-take-all, but when we're all in this together.
>
> Revisiting that speech, it's clear that it sowed the seeds of a consistent
> vision for the middle class he's followed ever since. It's a vision he
> carried through his first campaign in 2008, it's a vision he carried
> through speeches like the one he gave at Georgetown University shortly
> after taking office that imagined a new foundation for our economy, and one
> in Osawatomie, Kansas on economic inequality in 2011 -- and it's a vision
> he carried through his last campaign in 2012.
>

> *Watch that history here and see why this moment is so important.
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> *

> *As I was reading through his draft, I was reminded what drives this

> President to work so hard. I hope you'll watch this video showing the
> context of the last eight years and then tune in on Wednesday to find

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> I don't think you'll be disappointed.*

>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Pfeiffer
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