Closed Captioning Blog

YouTube now recognizes the need for online videos to be closed captioned and for that we say, “Hooray!” However, it is becoming increasingly clear that while their new automatic voice recognition software allows their videos to be quickly captioned, the technology still has its bugs and its accuracy leaves a lot to be desired. In fact, the actual errors are so great that it has now spawned tons ...

Have you ever noticed how fast you speak sometimes?  I know we all notice the speed at which we drive down the freeway, even if we pretend not to, but have you ever stopped to think about the speed at which you speak? And more so, could a dragon help you realize this? I don’t know about you, but I had never thought about any other way of typing ...

¿Alguna vez se han preguntado qué tan rápido hablan? Yo sé que todos nos damos cuenta de la velocidad a la que manejamos en la autopista, aunque pretendamos que no, pero ¿Alguna vez se han puesto a pensar sobre la velocidad en la que hablan? Y aparte, ¿Puede un dragón ayudarles a darse cuenta de esto? Yo no sé ustedes, pero yo nunca había pensado sobre ningún otro tipo ...

Aberdeen Captioning has been qualified as a “YouTube Ready” vendor by DCMP. As a DCMP “Approved Captioning Service Vendor,” Aberdeen is committed to providing quality captioning in multimedia formats, now including your YouTube videos. This allows your YouTube video to be captioned according to DCMP guidelines and with a customer satisfaction guarantee. Aberdeen offers different choices for your YouTube video and will work closely to establish a package ...

Nowadays, the pressure to outsource is considerable.  The market competition is driving prices down, leaving some companies with no other option, but to outsource for cheaper transcription rates. Many people have their ethical and political views on outsourcing overseas, but I am not going to discuss in today's article whether it is the "right" or "wrong" thing to do.  I want to share with you the reason why transcription ...

  Susanna’s Story: How Transcribing Christian Programming Gave Her a Better Life I believe the Lord gave me this opportunity to work at home, part-time, doing transcription work for Aberdeen Captioning. While I was on maternity leave, after the birth of my daughter in the spring of 2006, I was conflicted and stressed out thinking about how I was going to leave my precious newborn in a day care so ...

Caption editor This is an offline captioning term, referring to the person who takes the transcript and turns it into captions.  This person does the bulk of the captioning work.  They do the timing, placement, and research for the closed captions, using a professional captioning software.  Transcriber The person who creates a written representation of a program's audio to be used for captioning.  Transcribers can work remotely and e-mail the caption ...

A very important part of the captioning process is the initial transcription of the of the programming.  If the captioning company uses excellent transcribers, the quality of the captioning is automatically superior to companies that use subpar transcribers.  There are many ways the transcription can get completed.  Some companies choose to have the same person who transcribes the program also perform the editing, syncing, and placement of the ...

Transcription is the making of a verbatim copy of a spoken dialogue. Transcribers are professionals chosen for their linguistic skills and areas of expertise. Different captioning companies accept different types of formats.  For example, Aberdeen accepts multiple tape formats, DVDs, or digital files.  Transcripts can be delivered via e-mail, fax, or mail as a .txt file or any other word processing format you desire. Transcripts can be straight transcripts with only text ...