Closed Captioning Services
Closed captioning allows persons with hearing disabilities to have access to television and web-based programming by displaying the audio portion of a television program as text on the television screen. Captioning also allows persons with hearing disabilities to receive critical and informative information at live events.
UNDERSTANDING CLOSED CAPTIONING
- Our captioning techniques allow for the most accurate captioning available, as the captioning can be quality controlled and checked before it airs or is recorded.
- Our highly trained captioners work from worktapes to view the program and create the captions. We caption verbatim and assigns time codes to sync the captions to the audio.
- Captions are also placed on the screen underneath the speaker to help the viewer identify who is speaking.
- Sound effects (door slamming, phone ringing, etc.) that are crucial to the plot and action are also captioned.
- It takes as much as 15 hours to caption a one-hour program.
- Each caption must be created, timed and placed, and the entire program is reviewed with the captions to check for accuracy of the wording, spelling, punctuation, and timing.
- We also transcribe videos so viewers may click, review, and download a complete transcription of the program’s content.
Once our captions have been completed, we can either provide the caption files to the client or the client’s facility for the “encoding” process. During encoding, the captions are transferred to the final captioned master. All dubs made from the captioned master will automatically contain captions. Captions will also be present when satellite feeds of a captioned master are broadcast
At LegaLock, we are proud to provide such an important service that directly improves the lives of those with hearing disabilities in our local and nationwide communities.
