Posts Tagged Captioning
James Jespersen, co-inventor of closed captioning, dies at 77
James Leland Jespersen of Boulder died of a heart attack in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on Nov. 24 while visiting a friend. Jespersen, 77, a co-inventor of closed captioning for the hearing impaired, won an Emmy Award for his work in 1980 and was honored at the White House. He worked as a physicist [...]
Interested In Giving Your Opinion about Film Captioning??
Please help fill out the survey. The theatre managers would be interested in your comments so they could decide which type of captioning you prefer to watch the movies. Thank you. Connecticut Association of the Deaf has been very active in advocacing for the open captions in any films shown at the theatres with the Office of [...]
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Dr Joseph Valente’s Presentation about Deaf Children
This is an interesting video that you may like to share with the others who do not understand deafness. This speaker has different perspective on the definition of deafness such as disability so it is really up to individual’s decision. Please click this \”Hearing the Unheard\”
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Interesting Information about Film Captioning
Thanks to Cassandra Boryslawskyj for spotting this article! Several organizations of the deaf across America have filed the complaints about lack of film captioning in the theatres. Some years ago the CCOSD in joint-effort with other organizations asked for Connecticut legislation to enforce equal access of captioning to any films at the theatres but the lobbyists disagreed. [...]
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COURT RULING SAYS REDSKINS HAVE TO CAPTION SONG LYRICS, TOO
Washington, DC A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Friday that requires the Washington Redskins to make game content broadcast over the FedEx Field public address system accessible to deaf fans through captioning — including song lyrics. “Whatever the poetic merit of the lyrics and their relevance to the sport of football, we agree with [...]
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President Obama Signs the Twenty-First Century Communication and Video Accessibility of 2010 Bill
The video was captioned. The bill had became an official law.
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Learn More about Your Public Library!
The students of American School for the Deaf discussed in sign language about using the public library. Click http://www.westhartfordlibrary.org/sites/default/files/media/final_version.mp4
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Real Time Captioned News – See Errors?
If you view TV news with closed captions, you’re invited to participate in an anonymous online survey to give your opinion about caption errors. The survey is available at www.surveygizmo.com/s/201454/caption-accuracy-metrics-survey and will be open until Monday April 12, 2010. The survey should take about 15-20 minutes to complete, and can be filled out in multiple [...]
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Request for Captioned Entertainment Films During the Flights
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 18, 2010) – The Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) today called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to require commercial air carriers to provide closed-caption or subtitles on all in-flight entertainment for the deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers. While DOT requires that captioning be available on all safety and information related videos, [...]
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An Article about HR 3101
Gov’t bill would make Internet more accessible for disabled via real-time texting, closed captioning BY Eitan Gavish DAILY NEWS WRITER Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 3:37 PM Tooga/Getty The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 would make the Internet and smart phones more accessible to the disabled by offering new technologies like real-time [...]
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