Comments on: Online Video Captioning

by: Major Medical Health Insurance

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:49:32 +0000

It also is very frustrating for those that are hearing-impaired. They often rely on the captioning and it is very frustrating for them. I know, because my Mother is in that situation and she is very dependent on the captioning.

by: paul

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:48:45 +0000

The webplayer software need to be reviewed a lot. The captioning as well as streaming should be embedded in every player

by: gregw

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:23:46 +0000

Captioning has many uses and fills many needs, especially today, we are a global community now, and ever more so, as each year passes.
Example:
I met my wife in Russia and she is now living in the US with me. Captions helped her to learn the English language quickly, and understand it on a level that books and classrooms do not teach.

by: Ziggy

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:16:07 +0000

I hate when they say that there will be captioning but when the program comes on it isn’t. I also find webplayer a big disappointment.

by: chris

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:57:32 +0000

i know abc’s captioning never appears in full screen mode, i find this most annoying.

by: John Bent

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:51:10 +0000

Good work jen, I don’t like web players really annoying.

@html basic tutor I agree with you

by: Allan Jeffry

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:37:28 +0000

webplayer is really annoying

by: Mike Cherim

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:59:00 +0000

Well done, Jen.

by: Captioning Videos Does Matter « AccessTech News

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:02:11 +0000

[…] Posted by rbwatson1 on September 11, 2009 Jen Rohrig and I have something in common. We just avoid videos online because we know the chances of them having captions are slim. […]

by: Jen

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:46:59 +0000

@Single Maria - Agreed about the excuses. I love the ones about how annoying it is to see words on the screen - which I can understand people being easily distracted while watching but a) they can turn it off if they want and b) it’s not like they can’t still here whatever show it is that they are watching.

@HTML Basic Tutor - there are any number of reasons why someone might want captions.

@Thom Lohman - yeah ABC is really annoying especially as they actually just came out with a new video player and I had hoped their system for captioning would change but apparently not. Also thank you for the links to the DIY Captioning - I’ll definitely check that it out.

@codeman38 - That’s something I didn’t check when I was working on this, thanks for pointing that out. I know Hulu has captions on full screen mode as that is the site I usually use to watch videos.

by: codeman38

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:35:26 +0000

Another annoying thing about ABC’s web player: captioning doesn’t appear at all in full-screen mode. (And as someone who uses captions, I think that sort of defeats the whole purpose of having full screen mode available…)

by: Thom Lohman

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:28:30 +0000

Great run-down of the status of web captioning from some of the major broadcast and syndication outfits from a user’s perspective. I was not aware that ABC was utilizing the same “out of the box” captioning method as FOX… that’s a shame. Looks like NBC currently leads in the usability department, though all of the “channels” mentioned here could use some UI tweaking.

Just an FYI, the Described and Captioned Media Program (full disclosure: I work there) has a list of applications and resources for “DIY” captioning (on YouTube and other user-created content sites) called “Caption It Yourself.”