Captions
Vimeo Needs Captions! Thank you Eric!
This morning a friend called my attention to a blog from Eric Stoller directed to Vimeo. Vimeo has been saying for years that they care about captioning and will do something about it in the near future. We have all waited and yet, still, Vimeo remains captionless. And Eric has called them on it publicly. … Continue reading
More About the Power of Subtitles
I just saw this article: The Power Behind Online Videos? Subtitles and was pretty happy about it, especially considering this was posted on Forbes.com. It’s nice to see dotsub get some attention for the scope of what they do. I think, and hope, that the 21st Century Telecommunications and Video Accessibility Act will push people: corporations, small business, even bloggers and vloggers who want to reach a wider audience, to find a way to caption their work before they put it out there. Continue reading
Captioning video: why it makes sense
Unless they directly benefit in some way or can’t get by without them, most people don’t give captions much thought. Thankfully, awareness has grown: more people are tuning in to view video clips at work without their headphones (captions to the rescue!) and news junkies are sneaking peaks at video on their phones in the middle of meetings or other inappropriate times. Continue reading