Vimeo Needs Captions! Thank you Eric!

This morning a friend called my attention to a blog from Eric Stoller directed to Vimeo. Vimeo has been saying for years that they care about captioning and will do something about it in the near future. We have all waited and yet, still, Vimeo remains captionless. And Eric has called them on it publicly.

Thank you Eric!

Now I want to get the word out too. Vimeo needs to do something about this and stop talking about their good intentions. Their video quality is stellar, visually, but the lack of captioning prevents many of us from using it altogether, particularly those of us in higher ed. I’m not sure how Harvard came to the decision to post their videos up on Vimeo but I do hope they understand that they are brazenly breaking Section 504 ADA guidelines.

Insist that Vimeo support captioning

As a group we can make an impact. They need to understand that the need for captions doesn’t fall into the “would be nice” category, it’s essential.

Send them a message

• Via Twitter: @vimeo
• Via their site: http://vimeo.com/help
• Via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Vimeo