Can someone provide an estimate of how much it would cost to make one course accessible.
Or rather:
1. What would be the cost to transcribe a one hour video?
Does the transcriber need any knowledge apart from English? (and presumably a one week course so that when the teacher points at something, it goes into the transcription)
2. What would be the cost to take an unformatted text, and format it in accord to guidelines?
3. What would be the cost to make a one-page website accessible? What kind of change does it entail?
4. In the matter of 'poor contrast', would a color transformation applied to the video be enough to comply (to the letter of the law)? Would it be enough to make it accessible (i.e.: comply to the spirit of the law)?
AFAIK, the requirement that "[no] chart or graph [should] differentiate information only by color" seems to make sure that at least some manual video editing is necessary.
5. Is it the case that, in any part of the process, the transcriber/developer/editor/worker involved needs (by law) a certain qualification, or can anyone (in principle) do the work?
having written that list of questions, I am left quite sure that the cost of making a course accessible is above 1000$ per course, and my best guess is 5000-10000$.
1. Do you disagree?
2. How many courses does UCB make available to the public for free?
(on edX, this number seems to be around 50)
Or rather:
1. What would be the cost to transcribe a one hour video?
Does the transcriber need any knowledge apart from English? (and presumably a one week course so that when the teacher points at something, it goes into the transcription)
2. What would be the cost to take an unformatted text, and format it in accord to guidelines?
3. What would be the cost to make a one-page website accessible? What kind of change does it entail?
4. In the matter of 'poor contrast', would a color transformation applied to the video be enough to comply (to the letter of the law)? Would it be enough to make it accessible (i.e.: comply to the spirit of the law)? AFAIK, the requirement that "[no] chart or graph [should] differentiate information only by color" seems to make sure that at least some manual video editing is necessary.
5. Is it the case that, in any part of the process, the transcriber/developer/editor/worker involved needs (by law) a certain qualification, or can anyone (in principle) do the work?
6. Are there any other measures necessary?