Accessible film

Film and sound must be made available to everyone. This means that you must ensure that your film is accessible if it is published in KI:s digital channels, such as ki.se. Users who are unable to access video recordings must have the possibility to access the content with the help of an alternative representation, for example through subtitles and visual description.

The law on accessibility to digital public services aims to increase digital accessibility for all users. It must be possible for the content to be understood by people with impaired sight or hearing or who for some other reason have difficulty accessing text or sound.

On webbriktlinjer.se you will find the Agency for Digital Government’s official guidelines for how to work with audio, image and video in the public sector. The law states that alternatives should be offered if a recording consists solely of audio or video.

Closed vs open captions

Open captions can’t be turned off. They’re “burned into” the video file and are always visible when the video plays.
Closed captions are optional. Users turn them on or off. They’re contained within separate digital files from the video , which means they’re only available when media players support closed caption file formats like SubRip (SRT). Closed captions are also searchable for the user watching the video.
Source Open Vs. Closed Captions: Which Is More Accessible? (boia.org)

You should be aware that the automatically generated captions created by ScreenPal are open captions. They will appear burned into your video and cannot be adjusted or turned off by the user. This is why you need to export the srt.file as is shown in the second video below.

Creating captions for your video

Update 2025: M3. 1 Add Closed Captions to your video in Canvas Studio: 📹 Canvas Studio: English version

Please use Canvas Studio for your closed captions.

Please note that Screencast-o-matic changed name to Screenpal, however the instructions in this video are still valid. The video illustrates closed and open captions.

Export srt from Screenpal and publish it with your video

Please note that Screencast-o-matic changed name to Screenpal, however the instructions in this video are still valid.

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Accessible film

Closed vs open captions

Creating captions for your video

Export srt from Screenpal and publish it with your video

Using upload to OneDrive to create Closed Captions

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