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Blu-ray Subtitling: Enhancing Accessibility and Viewer Experience

Since Blu-ray has largely become accepted as the new HD disc format standard, there have been many inquiries about closed…

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Spanish Captioning... Join the Bandwagon!

No peer pressure, but producers and broadcasters alike are seeing the importance of Spanish captioning to reach a broader audience.…

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Subtitling the Hearing Everett Project

I usually don’t write about specific projects we work on, but the “Hearing Everett” project was particularly moving. One of…

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The Importance of Consistent Time Code: DVD/Blu-ray Disc Authoring

This past week, I felt how important time code was when authoring captions and subtitles to DVD and Blu-ray Disc…

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The Way to Accurate Closed Captioned Content

What Does Verbatim Mean? In Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, it states that verbatim means: In the exact words: word for word…

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How to Write Closed Captions: Transcription Guidelines

A very important part of the captioning process is the initial transcription of the programming. If the captioning company uses…

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Live Captioning: Building a Christian Dictionary

Have you ever wondered how live captioners caption Christian programming? Biblical and Christian terms used during a sermon or teaching…

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Importing Caption Files (.scc) into DVD Studio Pro

Oftentimes, when I give my clients caption files for their DVD Authoring Systems they encounter problems and call me with questions…

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Why Do Captions Look Garbled?

“That person doesn’t even know how to spell.”  “They can’t type correctly.”  “How come in today’s age of technology can’t…

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Closed Captioning: ESL and Literacy

It is estimated that over 1 billion people in the world are learning to speak English! English is now the…

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