Favorite Technical Closed Caption Videos

Vox “Why we all need subtitles now” Edward Vega
Jan 20, 2023 It’s not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Have you ever been watching a show or movie, and then a character delivers a line so unintelligible you have to scramble to find the remote and rewind?
57% of you said you always use subtitles, while just 12% of you said you generally don’t. But why do so many of us feel that we need subtitles to understand the dialogue in the things we watch? Dialogue editor Austin Olivia Kendrick explains.
SBE February 16, 2023
John B. Casey, CTO & Co-Founder, Airwavz.tv
John Casey is chief technology officer and co-founder at Airwavz.tv. John is an eminent mobile DTV hardware and software expert. He leads all ATSC 3.0 design, development and commercialization of Airwavz.tv’s first-ever NextGen TV products. John is the inventor, and designer of TvXplorer professional test and measurement software, and the companion RedZone Receiver that are in-use widely by TV broadcasters today in the U.S. and abroad. 
Jay Adrick, Consultant, Cavell Mertz & Associates Inc. Jay is a 58-year veteran of the television broadcast industry, and a leader in the design and integration of digital broadcasting systems. Jay retired in 2013 as VP of broadcast technology from Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division and returned on a part-time basis as a technology advisor to the Transmission business unit which is known GatesAir. In his position at Harris, Jay led the development of the ATSC Mobile DTV system, provided strategic guidance for the development of new broadcast products and represented Harris in the world of broadcast standards.
TektronixVideo “Closed Caption Analysis with the Tektronix WFM2300”
Mar 3, 2017 An excerpt from a webinar where Tektronix Applications Engineer John Bradford teaches how to set up your Tektronix waveform monitor or rasterizer to view, monitor, and analyze Closed Captions on baseband Video. The menus and measurements are the same or similar on our complete line of waveform monitors and rasterizers (5200, 5250, 7200, 8000 series).
TektronixVideo “Understanding and Troubleshooting Closed Captions”
May 2, 2014. Steve Holmes. The February 2014 rule changes may force you to re-examine your ability to comply with FCC Closed Caption rules. This webinar examines the changes, and how to test for compliance for SD or HD-SDI in Broadcast and Elementary Streams in Transmission. https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.1364-3-201510-I!!PDF-E.pdf

VSF “Live Closed Captioning and Subtitling in SMPTE 2110-40” Bill McLaughlin, EEG.

2019 This talk describes the foundation of the SMPTE 2110-40 ancillary data standard and moves on to practical implications for creating closed captioning and subtitles in live video production. Workflow similarities and differences to familiar SDI architecture will be described in detail.

Takeaways from the ongoing JT-NM/SMPTE 2110 interoperability event series, where Bill McLaughlin has been the assigned test lead for the 2110-40 subsection.
https://youtu.be/UcrJs269sLY?t=1168
2014 “How to Test Video Quality Through HDMI with HDCP” Steve Holmes, Tektronix
“bs405 IMF Captions & Subtitles – IMSC1”
Feb 20, 2017 Bruce’s Shorts Season 4 IMF needs a generic captioning and subtitling format for the planet. Why you should choose IMSC1.
Javitz Productions “Closed Caption Tips for public television (aka PBS)” Steve Javitz
Mar 25, 2020
MacCaption (Telestream)| Episode 7 (Telestream) | Timecodes | 608 and 708 Captions (aka CEA-608 CEA-708) | Caption drift Erase memory command trick |
Apple Compressor trick for Prores embedded captions | Caption drift caused by Drop frame and Non-drop frame | Public Television NETA APT PBS delivery specification caption tips.
EEGCaptioning “Closed Captioning 101: Live Video Solutions Webinar”
Oct 25, 2021 Bill McLaughlin, CTO at EEG, and Kyle Phillips, General Manager of Business Development at Ai-Media, share the basics of closed captioning, the essential solutions for delivering accessible live video and the ways we’ve helped customers caption efficiently and affordably.
EEGCaptioning “Ask Us Anything About Captioning Webinar” October 14, 2021
In this webinar, featured speakers from EEG and Ai-Media answer questions from the audience about closed captioning, live streaming technology, accessibility and more.
EEGCaptioning “Live Q&A: Everything You Want to Know About Captioning Webinar”
May 20, 2021 Matt Mello and Bill McLaughlin
EEGCaptioning “Best Practices for Closed Captioning and Broadcasting Webinar”
May 21, 2020 John Voorheis walks through EEG Video solutions.
Streaming Media “FCC Captioning Requirements for Streaming Video”
Oct 12, 2020 FCC Chief, Disability Rights Office, Suzy Rosen Singleton breaks down FCC Captioning Requirements as they apply to streaming content in this clip from her presentation at Streaming Media West Connect 2020.
Streaming Media “TUE3 Accessible Online Video Programming and User Interfaces What’s Required by the FCC”

Oct 2, 2020 The FCC has accessibility rules around online video programming and user interfaces. Find out about the detailed closed captioning rules for full-length video programming and video clips. Further learn about the accessibility requirements that apply to equipment designed to receive or play back video programming, including personal computers, tablets, and smartphones.
TektronixVideo “Closed Captioning & ANC Data Verification | Waveform Monitors | Tektronix”
2013 Ancillary Data within an SDI (Serial Digital Interface) is becoming more important to monitor to ensure carriage of the information through the facility. Ancillary Data can be used to provide information about the signal or carry additional associated data such as embedded audio, timecode, closed captioning or aspect ratio information.
TEDx Talks “Does closed captioning still serve deaf people?” Gary Robson at TEDxBozeman, May 3, 2014


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