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Live Closed Captioning Blunders Explained

The captions are horrible!  Why can’t they spell?  These are the valid questions asked when watching live closed captioning of…

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New Legislation Expands Access to Closed Captioning

On Wednesday, March 13, Senator Tom Harkin introduced two bills that will expand access to closed captioning and video description…

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Live Spanish Translation via Captions

Aberdeen Broadcasting Services was recently contacted to present a solution for a unique challenge: providing English to Spanish translations at…

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The Simplicity of HTML5 and Internet Closed Captioning

Since the implementation of FCC mandate for internet closed captioning, producers, TV stations, and video websites alike are looking for…

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It’s Greek To Me

Does it seem like working in the television broadcast industry is a bit like learning a second language?  It certainly…

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Spanish Captions vs. English Words

Have you ever heard when people use foreign words, such as “feng shui” or “faux pas,” but they completely change…

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Death, Taxes, and Clouds

TV Stations and Change – The Reality My job as Technical Support Engineer at the AberFast Division of Aberdeen Broadcast Services is…

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Closed Captions Hit Home

My grandfather is a soft-spoken former Marine and my father has carried on the tradition of both soft-spoken tendencies as…

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NAD Advocates for Access to Quality Captions

On June 5, 2012, the National Association of the Deaf testified before the US Copyright Office. They argued that closed…

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Internet-Protocol Delivered Programming Rules

Are you familiar with IP-delivered programming? This includes all videos that are distributed via the Internet (where you watch the…

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