Scribit, what is it?

Accessible videos for everyone as easy as possible with Scribit.pro

What is Scribit.pro?

Scribit.pro specializes in making videos accessible so that everyone can get the most out of them. It offers easy-to-use software to provide videos with subtitles, audio description and a text version. For voice, ReadSpeaker is used. The three components are necessary for your video to meet accessibility requirements according to the Digital Government Decree. In addition, Scribit.pro provides you with code to place the accessible video on your website, as a platform like YouTube does not offer options for that. And in the future, it will be possible to add sign language as well.

Necessary support

Eveline Ferwerda, creator of scribit.tv and .pro: "Scribit.pro originated from scribit.tv, a project with the Bartiméus Fund. Video has long been unjustifiably secondary in making content accessible. But with that you exclude a lot of people. Audio description, for example, is necessary as support for people with visual impairments, because otherwise they don't understand the content or miss out on important information. Imagine all kinds of things happening on screen while you hear a piece of music. Without audio description, the video is then impossible to follow for someone who cannot see. We studied what this means for people with visual or hearing impairments. It has a lot of impact. For example, one of them indicated, "So that means I can't participate. Another indicated, 'If I come across an inaccessible video I skip it. Then I feel left out.'"

Solution

SIM and Scribit.pro have joined forces from the same vision; to provide the most complete support possible.

Twan: "This is a great solution that really helps our customers move forward and that they also need. They can get started with the tools themselves, but we also offer the option to have some videos processed by the professionals at Scribit.pro.

Eveline: "It's a time-consuming job, and a bit of language skills are involved. We are therefore happy to help. All you have to do is upload the YouTube video. Then we get to work on it. Within 5 working days, the video is provided with text, subtitles and audio description. SIM ensures that the video is added properly in SIMsite Drupal. This way you can be sure that your videos are satisfactory and you don't have to worry about it."

    Example

    YouTube video about wild food in the Achterhoek.

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