New service for video captioning and audio description launched
As part of UW–Madison’s ongoing efforts to meet the federal digital accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the University Digital Accessibility Initiative (UDAI) is excited to announce a university-wide solution to create accessible and compliant multimedia. As of the fall 2026 term: English-language videos now have human-generated captions and computer-generated audio descriptions automatically applied to them when they are added to the university’s enterprise Kaltura MediaSpace tool and embedded into Canvas or Kaltura Media Gallery, or when the video's permissions are updated from “private” to “public” or “unlisted.” This new service makes it much easier for instructors to provide accessible video content and helps support student success.