Posts Tagged ‘Closed Captions’

As more and more networks are beginning to broadcast their television shows online it has become evident that closed captions are imperative, not only to cater to individuals that are hard of hearing but also to make it easier for viewers with English as a second language. Deaf viewers have been pushing for closed captions [...]

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As web video increases in popularity it is becoming more and more evident that closed captions are a necessity, not only to make videos accessible to the hearing impaired but also to aid in translation so that people around the world can watch video clips, auto-translated into their own native languages. YouTube understands the growing [...]

Actress Marlee Matlin and other deaf web surfers are pushing for mandatory captions on web video. In the 1996, Congress required most television shows to have captions. However, since the rise of web video, deaf viewers have been disappointed to find that many of their favorite television shows are broadcast on the Internet caption-free. Change [...]