Accessibility: The New Key to Building Brand Engagement

Mar 9, 2024

4:00pm – 5:00pm CT

Accessibility is a growing demand for consumers, with 80% preferring captioned videos. Despite that, online content has lacked accessibility standards to keep pace with change. Promoting accessible video increases revenue and engagement while enabling all voices to be understood. This panel will connect a video platform, transcription service, and disability advocate to explain how accessibility has been overlooked for the internet and their roles in improving the future media landscape.

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Rachel Kolb

Harvard University

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Amanda Morris

Washington Post

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Primary Access
Interactive Badge
Platinum Badge
Secondary Access
Music Badge
Film & TV Badge
Accessibility
Interpreted (ASL)
Closed Captioned
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