Comments on: Closed Captioning New Media? http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44 from Ed Roberts Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patrick http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-653 Patrick Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:11:08 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-653 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/ Cheers! 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/

Cheers!

]]> By: Jenson http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-465 Jenson Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:15:59 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-465 new media conferences sound fun.... I think I would dig that! new media conferences sound fun…. I think I would dig that!

]]> By: Eban Crawford http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-407 Eban Crawford Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:11:51 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-407 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! 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!

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]]> By: Michelle / chel pixie http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-379 Michelle / chel pixie Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:04:41 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-379 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. :/ 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. :/

]]> By: admin http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-363 admin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:12:10 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-363 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. 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.

]]> By: Israel Melendez, Jr. http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-361 Israel Melendez, Jr. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:06:09 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-361 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. 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/wa/viewPodcast?id=123401561 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 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.

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/wa/viewPodcast?id=123401561

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.

]]> By: jeff http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-320 jeff Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:20:50 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-320 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 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

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]]> By: Daniel Johnson, Jr. http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-319 Daniel Johnson, Jr. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:09:17 +0000 http://EdRobertsBlog.com/?p=44#comment-319 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. 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.

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