Mediasite Accessibility
Mediasite Accessibility
Create Inclusive & Accessible Videos
Ensuring that your organizational knowledge is accessible to everyone is a strategic priority. In addition to being compliant with the latest WCAG 2.2 standards, Mediasite supports this goal by offering a range of unique features, including captions, transcripts, audio descriptions in multiple languages, customizable UI themes, dyslexia-friendly fonts, keyboard shortcuts, and QR codes for easy video access.
Create Inclusive & Accessible Videos classes for diverse learning
Mediasite continues to surpass the WCAG standards and invests in novel ways to make our products accessible to everyone. We envision and strive for every video to have captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions in every necessary language.
Accessibility and Inclusion
Mediasite's commitment to advancing accessibility ensures a more inclusive and equitable learning and viewing experience for all users.
Internationalization / Localization
UI Translations
Caption/
Transcript Translation
Use Mediasite in your language:
Mediasite is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch. Additionally, Mediasite captioning (powered by Enghouse AI) can automatically detect and caption over 40 spoken languages.
Transcripts & Searchability
Captions & Transcripts
OCR
Download options
Improve Navigation and Searchability:
Enhance content engagement and comprehension with captions, downloadable transcripts, and advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) transforming your video into a searchable asset making it easier to find and engage with key information.
Market Leader
WCAG 2.2
VPAT
Beyond
Trust Accessibility Market Leader:
Mediasite is fully compliant with legal standards like Ada/Section 508, EN 301 549, and the Equality Act of 2010, meeting the stringent WCAG 2.2 standards. Mediasite also looks beyond legal standards and includes unique capabilities such as a high contrast mode, the ability to view captions using a font designed to be easier to read for people with Dyslexia, and publishing quarterly updates to VPAT documentation.
Beyond Digital Spaces
QR code sharing
Delivery/network improvements
Go Beyond Digital Spaces:
Improve access to videos by offering users QR codes that enable users to navigate with ease.
Inclusive Design
Not just about compliance
It’s a philosophy of designing for everyone; accessibility and usability go hand in hand
Create Inclusive Design:
Accessibility is not just about compliance; It’s a philosophy of designing for everyone where accessibility and usability go hand in hand.
Customization for User Needs
Caption settings
OpenDyslexic font
Customize to fit Users’ Needs:
Mediasite offers unique features such as customizable UI themes, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and keyboard shortcuts to meet a users’ specific needs.
Key Features
Feb. 2022
Version 8.0 Accessibility Audit
Conducted extensive auditing of Mediasite with external firm, and implemented fixes for issues identified
Jun. 2023
Introduced Themes
Changed the old standard Mediasite view to light theme and made dark and high contrast themes available within the applications
Jul. 2023
Began Releasing Quarterly Updates to VPATs
VPATs for Mediasite Video Platform, Mediasite Recorders, and Connect are available
Aug. 2023
Mediasite Captioning
AI generated captions and transcripts are viewable and downloadable; currently in 40+ spoken languages
Jan. 2024
Introduced Fonts that are Dyslexia Friendly
Mediasite system UI text and/or captions on videos can be changed to OpenDyslexic font
Sep. 2024
Introduced Caption Settings
Added the ability to set caption font, size, text color & opacity, and background color & opacity; additionally, caption settings persist for a user between videos and session
Features Roadmap will include ASL video captions, multilingual translations, and AI-generated audio descriptions, exceeding WCAG 2.2 A/AA standards.
Download our Accessibility Reports
Download our Accessibility Reports
Mediasite Accessibility Conformance Report, International Edition: This report covers the degree of conformance for these accessibility standard/guidelines: WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1.
Mediasite Video Platform Accessibility Conformance Report
Mediasite Accessibility Conformance Report: This report covers the degree of conformance for these accessibility standard/guidelines: WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.2.
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