Captioning Services
Generate and Refine Machine Captions
In order to meet accessibility requirements for your courses, Portland State University uses automatic machine-generated captions for all videos hosted by PSU through Media Space.
While machine captions are automatically generated for all Zoom videos when they are added to Media Space (or for any video you set to “Unlisted” in the sharing settings), you can also manually enable machine captions in Media Space.
Machine captions are only a starting point, and while they are increasingly very accurate for capturing most spoken dialogue, they can struggle with proper nouns and technical terms in your coursework. Once machine captions are enabled, you must edit your captions in Media Space to ensure appropriate accuracy.
Request Professional Captions Through the Disability Resource Center
Professional captioning for specific videos may be requested through the Disability Resource Center (DRC) for students who are registered with the DRC with an Accessible Media Accommodation.
If you are a student registered with the DRC and you need captioning as an accommodation, or you are a faculty member requesting captioning on behalf of a student registered with the DRC, please request captioning through the DRC.