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To Sell, Or Not To Sell or Techmunity

To sell, or not to sell, that is the question.  As a “sales guy,” in a sales position, that should be an easy one, right?  It would be except for the fact that I’m really a sales engineer.  That’s my title and I’m stickin’ to it.  It’s the engineer part of that fan dangled moniker that has me asking the “not to sell” part of the aforementioned question.  ...

Debunking Closed Captioning Myths

Three months ago I debuted into the Closed Captioning (CC) world when I started working with Aberdeen Captioning. Needless to say, the many misconceptions and myths that I had about what CC is and how it works have now been completely debunked. Below are the top five things I was surprised to learn: 1. It’s an FCC requirement I used to think that it was optional and TV stations did it just ...

Flash Your Captions to The World

Though we are stuck in one location with one official language in one country, it doesn't mean the videos that we post on the Internet are limited to one's geographical location. It's time to go global since the Internet doesn't have limitations on audience, language, cultures, etc. Producers should aim to go global by adding different languages in the captioning/subtitling when they post their videos on the Web. ...

Closed Captions: They’re Not Just for my Grandpa

What you see here is a photo of the television in my family room. Notice anything interesting? Give up? Okay, I’ll tell you. The closed captioning is on, and no, it’s not just something I did for this picture. I have the closed captioning on all the time. But why? I’m in my early 30’s and my hearing is just fine. So again, why? The answer is ...

The Stewie Effect

In the genre of surreal cartoon humor there seems to be some debate over the creation and upkeep of closed captions. Specifically, in reference to the program “Family Guy,” the controversy revolves around the opening song lyrics, particularly, baby Stewie’s solo line of “laugh and cry.” While it is noted that the program’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, has clearly stated that Stewie’s line has always been “laugh and cry,” ...

Creating Continual Comma Confusion

My whole life I’ve had an affinity for the English language (and alliteration). Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation have always been incredibly important to me – even to the point where I will comment on friends’ Facebook statuses with corrections! So naturally, one of my favorite aspects of closed captioning is being able to use my love and knowledge of the English language, professionally, every single day. Here at ...

Are Homophones Driving You Crazy?

Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning and can be a daily nuisance to closed captioners and transcribers, who rely solely on what they hear when captioning and transcribing programs. Here is a list of the most commonly misused homophones that I tend to encounter while captioning: adverse vs. averse—adverse means unfavorable. Averse means reluctant. descendent vs. descendant—Apparently, descendent is now considered a dead word. ...

Caption Fish: Find Movies Closed Captioned in Your Area

Thinking about our last blog post, I was wondering how many movies in my local area offer closed captioning and came across Caption Fish. This website allows you to type in your address and it gives you the current listing of movie titles and show times that offer open captions, Rear Window captions, subtitles, and descriptive narration movies. It also has a list of new movie trailers that ...

Closed Captioning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II

One of the biggest movies of the summer is the final installment of the Harry Potter series. Who doesn’t want to see this blockbuster hit? However, what may not come to mind is that many deaf and hard of hearing people who rely on closed captioning and subtitles to watch movies sometimes have to wait until the movies are released on DVD in order to enjoy them. The Watts ...

Six Month Deadline for New Closed Captioning Rules

The Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee (VPAAC) delivered a report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month. The report set a six month deadline for new rules that require TV programming on the Internet to be closed captioned. This means that in January 2012 closed captioning will be required for all live online programming. In July 2012, all prerecorded programming that has been substantially edited for ...

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