A July 18 article on the Pennsylvania State University website reported that a new phone system that includes a text-to-speech option helps hearing impaired staff…
Posts published in “Captioning”
On July 11, the FCC voted unanimously to require closed-captioning for online video clips that have already aired on television, according to a post on…
In a press release issued June 27, 1CapApp, a service that delivers time-saving solutions for CART providers, captioners, and court reports who provide live text…
On June 11, Media Access Australia published a blog post about captioning the FIFA World Cup. Excluding only live games that fall entirely between midnight…
There have been numerous studies and publications about productivity and getting the most out of time. Based on an article on the Brain Canvas website,…
Both Deaf News Today and Broadcasting & Cable reported this week that the FCC has started dismissing petitions by program producers who want exceptions to…
The Hill posted an article on a June 5 blog about U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s push for U.S. airlines to add closed captioning to movies…
On June 9, NWAonline ran an article about two central Arkansas movie theaters that are offering Google glass to patrons who are deaf or hard…
Mirabai Knight, RDR, CRR, CBC, CCP, recently captioned !!Con (pronounced bang bang con), a conference for New York City programmers held May 17 – 18, according…
The May 31 New York Times interviewed captioner Karla Ray, RMR, CRR, CBC, as part of its Vocations column, a recurring feature that asks people…
Nearly two years ago, Kolby Garrison from Greensboro, N.C., enrolled as an online student at Brown College of Court Reporting in Atlanta, Ga. Like other…
In March 2014, Gary Robson participated in TEDxBozeman with a talk posing the question: Does closed captioning still serve the deaf and hard-of-hearing audience for…
The Mail Tribune, Ore., has reported that the Rogue Valley high-tech community will tackle an array of issues associated with on-screen captions when they gather…
According to Telecompaper.com, the Dutch culture ministry plans to impose a requirement for closed captioning and voice-overs on the main public and commercial broadcast channels.…
By Rachel Farbman As an individual who grew up deaf and using American Sign Language, Andrew Phillips cares greatly about his rights to communication access.…
The DigitalJournal.com recently reported that YourSpecialEducationRights.com, an online video-based resource for parents of children with disabilities, now features closed captioning on all of their educational…
Multichannel News reports that TV streaming site Viki is teaming with Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin on a new campaign called the Billion Words March. The…
According to an April 21 article on Philly.com, area movie theaters are now getting the technology to provide captions for theater-goers who are hearing impaired.…
PRI Court Reporting, LLC, posted a piece on the company blog describing the differences between CART and captioning. The post described the basic process for…
On Feb. 20, the FCC issued its final report and order related to the captioning quality notice of proposed rulemaking, an order that had been…