Closed Captioning

Interesting read about the availability of accessible media in the tech industry.

"One of the barriers to jobs for blind people is literacy, Lauriden said. Without access to brail and other accessible materials, the literacy gap can happen very early on in someone’s life."

Bullish: Increasing access to technology for blind people Technology can be central to the lives of the 285 million people in the world who are blind or visually impaired, as long as they know how to use...

There’s a reason why accuracy is the first of the FCC’s four quality standards. This standard says that captions should match not only the spoken words in the dialogue, but should express background noises and other sounds to the fullest extent possible. Read about how captions go beyond spoken words on the blog: https://captionlabs.com/blog/beyond-spoken-words-the-depth-of-accuracy/

Beyond Spoken Words: The Depth of Accuracy – Caption Labs Quality captions don’t just get the words right, they express every sound and nuance that’s happening on screen. This belief is more than a...

Closed captioning adds value, whether an audience is hearing impaired or not. Read more at https://captionlabs.com/blog/captioning-not-just-for-the-hearing-impaired/

Closed Captioning – Not Just For The Hearing Impaired Closed captioning adds value, whether an audience is hearing impaired or not. With the increase of films distributed globally, closed captioning...

The 50th Super Bowl is just a few weeks away. Forget the game, let's talk about the commercials -- and closed captioning. http://ow.ly/XvbwA

CaptionLabs Blog. Closed Captions, Super Bowl Commercials and the... 5-minute legal loophole allows advertisers to skip closed captioning the commercials.