Closed Captioning Blog

The statistics are astounding: 42 million American adults are illiterate and 50 million are unable to read higher than a 4th-grade reading level. Studies show that frequent reading improves reading proficiency, although sadly, according to the “Washington Post,” only one in four Americans actually read a book in the past year. Instead of reading books, the average child in America watches 20 hours of TV each week. How ...

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 ...

Just wanted to send out a reminder to everyone producing Spanish captioning programming.  The FCC mandate requires that 100% of all Spanish captioning programming be closed captioned in Spanish for the deaf and hard of hearing.  You can find the complete mandate here: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/closedcaption.html: Here are the specifics from the FCC's website: Spanish Language Programming Because captioning is fairly new to Spanish language program providers, the FCC allows them a longer time ...

True EIA-708 captions can be achieved without the use for an external HD captioning encoder that can cost well over $8000 (US) by using a new captioning work flow.     What You Need   You need Final Cut Pro 7, an AJA Kona card (3, LHi or LSe), and the most recent Kona drivers.  Of course, you will also need a special caption file created by a closed captioning service like ...

If you found this article, you are probably a DVD authorer at your wit's end trying to figure out why the subtitle file will not import into your authoring system.  We have a little tip that might just do the trick.    As you can imagine, as a closed-captioning and subtitling company, we work hand-in-hand with DVD authoring houses and individual DVD authoring people.  When we deliver our clients subtitle ...

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 ...

Question #1: Do you use (watch) closed captioning?   Who responded: 100% of the 345 respondents who took this survey.   Results: 59% (203 people) use closed captioning and 41% (142) do not.   Question #2: How often do you use (watch) closed captioning?   Who responded: 83% of respondents (286 people).   Results: 27% (76 people) said they used captioning daily. 26% (74 people) said they used captioning weekly. 16% (47 people) said they used captioning monthly. 31% (89 people) said ...

Los resultados de la encuesta acerca del sistema de Closed Caption o CC (subtítulos para sordos o personas con problemas auditivos) son:   Pregunta #1: ¿Utiliza o lee el closed caption?   ¿Quiénes respondieron?: 100% de las 345 de las personas que fueron encuestadas.   Resultados: 59% (203 personas) utiliza el closed caption y 41% (142) no lo utiliza.   Pregunta #2: ¿Con qué frecuencia utiliza o lee el closed caption?   ¿Quiénes respondieron?: 83% de los encuestados ...

Do you ever wonder how international businesses keep their branches in different countries on the same page with the same goals, visions, and company outlook?  Well, there are many ways this is done, but one simple way is the use of corporate training videos ... subtitled in multiple languages.  This is a manageable and cost effective way for companies across the globe to communicate selling techniques, company updates, ...

If you have a minute or two, please take our quick, 10-question survey about closed-captioning. Thank you for your help in advance! Here is the link to the survey: Closed Captioning Survey