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Closed Caption Writing by Vicki Kipp

Captions in Our Culture

  • NPR gets sued for failing to make audio reports accessible in written form

    http://www.insideradio.com/free/deaf-listener-sues-npr-to-provide-website-closed-captioning/article_90adc04c-d045-11e8-89a3-d78cdc0a247b.html INSIDERADIO THE MOST TRUSTED NEWS IN RADIO Deaf Listener Sues NPR To Provide Website Closed Captioning. Oct 15, 2018 A hearing-impaired NPR listener has filed a class action suit against the public media network claiming “systemic civil rights violations against deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals” in New York state and across the country. Because there…

  • “Through Deaf Eyes” movie

    I just watched the movie Through Deaf Eyes, a production of PBS station WETA and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. It was produced by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey. It was released on January 10, 2007. While I’m naming names, perhaps I could drop the names of a few famous Hollywood folks who are in Through…

  • Insulting things people say to captioners

    There are some misconceptions out there about how accurate voice recognition technology is, and also about how captions get formatted. MISCONCEPTION 1: Voice recognition technology automatically transcribes the words spoken on screen and “makes” the closed captions. Uh, no. Ever watch the auto-generated captions on YouTube?  The captions are often comically wrong. But on the plus…

  • El Deafo by Cece Bell made me a better captioner

    Even though I’m over the target age for CeCe Bell’s autobiographical graphic novel, I enjoyed it immensely. El Deafo by CeCe Bell First of all, El Deafo is so very funny, with its cartoon comic strip depictions of the characters as humans with these cute rabbit ears standing upright on their head. Secondly, reading this book taught…

  • The Closed Captioning Handbook is All-Inclusive

    The Closed Captioning Handbook is All-Inclusive By Vicki Kipp SBE CHAPTER 24 NEWSLETTER March 1, 2003 If you want to know just about anything and everything about closed captioning for broadcast, then The Closed Captioning Handbook is the book for you. Author Gary D. Robson has compiled details on all areas of closed captioning in…

About Me

Hello there! My name is Vicki Kipp, and I am a closed caption maker. Making closed captions is time consuming and complicated, so this blog is a collection of all of the knowledge and experiences I have gained. I hope my collection of tips and tricks might help you with your closed caption work the way it has helped me!

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