Sep 27, 2011
Have you ever heard the term “video description” and wondered what it meant? Basically, video descriptions are a way to inform people who are blind or visually impaired of what is happening on a television screen during a program. It is simply a matter of inserting verbal descriptions about the setting and action when it is something not easily explained by the audio portion or dialogue of the ...
Aug 16, 2011
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 ...
Aug 3, 2011
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 ...
Jul 19, 2011
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 ...
Jul 6, 2011
Netflix and Time Warner are currently being sued over the lack of closed captions on their streaming online videos, which is in direct violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The National Association of the Deaf filed suit against Netflix after repeatedly requesting that they provide closed captioning in order to provide equal access to the community. In the same week, the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness ...
Jun 23, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Future of Media working group delivered a report on June 9, 2001, addressing media in a broadband age. It examined how media is serving the information needs of the people. The report, written by former journalist Steven Walderman, was nearly 500 pages long and titled, “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age.” It’s potentially the longest government report ...
May 31, 2011
To see Jesus some people need a little boost, just like Zacchaeus. He was a short, little man and when Jesus came into town, Zacchaeus could only see him by climbing up a sycamore tree. What kind of “trees” do you need to plant to help your congregation see Jesus?
The first “tree to plant” is closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing members of your church.
Here’s ...
May 24, 2011
Aberdeen Captioning was among the 1500 companies present at the National Association of Broadcasters Tradeshow this year, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was bustling with activity, new technology, and excitement for what’s to come. Storage, from high speed for editing to long term drive and LTO options were numerous. The niche business of closed captioning and subtitling was much less represented but just as important as ...
May 10, 2011
Aberdeen Captioning is known for its quality subtitles, multi-language translations, and fast turn-around times. A recent example of Aberdeen’s expertise in this field is our success with subtitling Saddleback Church’s Online Easter Service. Aberdeen managed to successfully subtitle their 80 minute Easter program in both Korean and Spanish in record time—the files came in on Friday morning and were completed by Saturday morning—24 hours!
This project was detailed and ...
May 3, 2011
The era of big bulky tapes being damaged, glitch, or lost in the mail is over! Aberdeen Captioning is offering a new one-stop file distribution service. Clients simply upload their HD source file straight from their editing system and Aberdeen then adds the closed captions or subtitles. Then, Aberdeen takes the new captioned video and can deliver it digitally to any station you need all over the world, ...