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 ...

On the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 348 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for HR 3101, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. This act will require closed captioning on all Internet video information and will help millions of people have access to these videos. This act will also provide up to $10 million annually for specialized communications equipment for low-income ...

YouTube and Google are now indexing videos for text that is contained within each video’s closed captions and/or subtitles. Therefore, ensuring that your video is closed captioned will certainly lead to increased views given that your video will now rank for any words that are contained within the closed captioned text. This text will assist the search engine and will help with indexing and ranking for certain key ...

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 ...

On June 20, 2010, New York Times reporter Brian Stelter wrote an article that criticized the lack of captioning available for Web videos. He states that advocates like Marlee Matlin have been fighting for captions on popular sites like CNN.com and Netflix. Many sites that contain videos and entertainment clips such as CBS.com, NBC.com, and MSN.com all lack captions or are inconsistent with their captions. With a growing trend ...

From the time of the Great Commission until now, Christians have been evangelizing the world through various traditional and modern methods: missionary work, preaching, tracts, music, films, television, crusades, books, street-corner preaching, door knocking, church planting, and now, through the Internet. While traditional evangelism definitely has its place, there is no better way than the Internet to reach millions of people across the world with the least amount of ...

I wanted to let you all know about the new bill in Congress, HR 3101, that if it passes, will require captioning on the Internet. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act was introduced in Congress on June 26, 2009 by Representative Ed Markey.   If you are a supporter, it is very important to email Congress about this bill to increase its chances of survival and passage. Use ...

If not, you may want to encourage them to do so.  The process is simple, and it provides accessibility to one of the most important ceremonies of one's life: GRADUATION.  Read below for some answers to some common questions I get regarding captioning for these important life events.  What is the purpose for captioning commencements? The purpose of closed captioning commencements is obvious: to provide access to viewers who are ...

By adding captions to your live and on-demand webcast, you could reach billions more with your message. Captions created in virtually any language allow your video to be understood by the hearing-impaired as well as people speaking other languages. Also, think about people watching your video who are unable to turn on their speakers because they are at work, et cetera.  Webcast captions typically show up under the ...