Ed, I think there is a great opportunity to reach a group of people that would not ordinarily get a message.
As a parent of a child who is hard of hearing, we rely HEAVILY on close-captioning and subtitles. It's become second nature for us to always have the captions on, and our daughter always makes sure we have captions or subtitles on when we watch a DVD.
She has not been that keen on podcasting because it's mostly audio. Even with her hearing aids, she still misses some things.
I would like to know what technology exists that makes producing audio or video with synchronized lyrics or subtitles or captions.
Thanks for getting the conversation going.
jeff
· 2 years ago
Hey Ed
I dont have a show I do but yeah that never crossed my mind about close captioning or whatever it might be for someone with a disability.
I think it is a great idea to come up with ways to help others who might not be able to see or hear an event or show or whatever.
jeff
Israel Melendez, Jr.
· 2 years ago
I certainly love your question "So, what can YOU do to make your content more available to the hearing or visually impaired? Do you think it is worth it?"
I thought about it a couple of years ago mainly because English is my second language and I wanted to produce content in Spanish but make it available to English speaking people. Although that was the original intent, I quickly learned that there is a huge community in the Internet without video content that they can enjoy.
Jumping to today, I produce the first closed captioned video podcast distributed in iTunes. Since iTunes 7.4 and QuickTime 7.2 now support standard embedded closed captions (CEA-608 as it is known), I quickly jumped to it. It took me a while to learn the trade but my videos are now done with real CC.
In order to spread the word, I went a little further and decided to make a tutorial on how to closed caption a video, video podcast, etc.
It is not the only way to caption but I hope that more solutions will come along. You can visit my site at http://www.tecnocato.com
The closed captions are compatible with the software players (both PC and Mac) and with the iPhone and iPod Touch.
admin
· 2 years ago
Isreal, very cool. Glad you took the initiative to start using iTunes's CC options.
I'll have to take a look at the tutorial.
Michelle / chel pixie
· 2 years ago
Great idea!
As a person who is hard of hearing and who relies on CC during tv shows when I don't want to turn the sound up or use my hearing aids, I love the idea of providing CC.
My dream is when podcasters can afford to do transcripts of their shows so I can more easily understand the dialogue or even live closed captioning of talkshoe calls, etc. If I can't read your lips then I can't understand you sometimes. :/
Eban Crawford
· 2 years ago
Wow Ed, another thing to think about. I was not trying to be insensitive, this topic just did not cross my mind. This is big as the launch of the Animated series is approaching.
Now, how do I accomplish this? I need to try and figure this out. Don't know if the first episodes ready to go, but hopefully I can get something going soon.
Cheers for the brain re-start!
Jenson
· 2 years ago
new media conferences sound fun.... I think I would dig that!
Patrick
· 1 year ago
Ed, Great thoughts. I'm actually working on a presentation at the South By Southwest Interactive festival that looks at captioning web content (specifically video). There are ways and tools freely available to create captioned online content. Take a look at MAGpie, for one: http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
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As a parent of a child who is hard of hearing, we rely HEAVILY on close-captioning and subtitles. It's become second nature for us to always have the captions on, and our daughter always makes sure we have captions or subtitles on when we watch a DVD.
She has not been that keen on podcasting because it's mostly audio. Even with her hearing aids, she still misses some things.
I would like to know what technology exists that makes producing audio or video with synchronized lyrics or subtitles or captions.
Thanks for getting the conversation going.
I dont have a show I do but yeah that never crossed my mind about close captioning or whatever it might be for someone with a disability.
I think it is a great idea to come up with ways to help others who might not be able to see or hear an event or show or whatever.
jeff
I thought about it a couple of years ago mainly because English is my second language and I wanted to produce content in Spanish but make it available to English speaking people. Although that was the original intent, I quickly learned that there is a huge community in the Internet without video content that they can enjoy.
Jumping to today, I produce the first closed captioned video podcast distributed in iTunes. Since iTunes 7.4 and QuickTime 7.2 now support standard embedded closed captions (CEA-608 as it is known), I quickly jumped to it. It took me a while to learn the trade but my videos are now done with real CC.
In order to spread the word, I went a little further and decided to make a tutorial on how to closed caption a video, video podcast, etc.
The tutorial can be found in episode 008 of TECNOCATO HD (CC): "HOW TO CLOSED CAPTION" and you can get it by subscribing for free at:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/...
It is not the only way to caption but I hope that more solutions will come along. You can visit my site at http://www.tecnocato.com
The closed captions are compatible with the software players (both PC and Mac) and with the iPhone and iPod Touch.
I'll have to take a look at the tutorial.
As a person who is hard of hearing and who relies on CC during tv shows when I don't want to turn the sound up or use my hearing aids, I love the idea of providing CC.
My dream is when podcasters can afford to do transcripts of their shows so I can more easily understand the dialogue or even live closed captioning of talkshoe calls, etc. If I can't read your lips then I can't understand you sometimes. :/
Now, how do I accomplish this? I need to try and figure this out. Don't know if the first episodes ready to go, but hopefully I can get something going soon.
Cheers for the brain re-start!
Cheers!