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Captioning First Nations Languages in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s 12 tribal nations include three Indigenous language families: Ojibwe (Algonquian) is spoken by the 6 Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa, making it the most common First Nations language in Wisconsin. Ojibwe (Ojibwa) has an ISO 639-1 language tag (oj) and an ISO 639-2 language tag (oj). Tribe Language Language Family Bad River Band of… Continue reading
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Creating IMSC1 files with CaptionMaker
An IMSC 1 caption file’s size is larger than the corresponding SCC caption file. Continue reading
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Streaming platforms don’t support Hmong subtitles/ captions
I can’t find any streaming platforms that allow content providers to upload Hmong closed captions with the language ID of Hmong. I’ve sent requests to YouTube and AWS. Some streaming platforms can only upload closed captions in languages that have an ISO 639-1 code. This is a two-letter code. Some platforms require that an audio… Continue reading
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Telestream CaptionMaker- How to Offset or Ripple Timecode
I use Telestream CaptionMaker’s (for Windows) “Ripple Timecode” feature when I combine individual segments into a program or dividing a program into individual segments. _________________________________________________________________ Select the caption line where you want the timecode ripple to start. Select the new starting timecode. OPEN RIPPLE TIMECODE GUI There is a keyboard shortcut to open the Ripple… Continue reading
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Spanish Captions: Comma, period, or space to separate decimals into three-digit groups?
Groups of numbers are separated differently in different Spanish-speaking countries. These differences in the separator sign for decimals can stand out when using Ai to translate English closed captions to Spanish closed captions. The use of each of these signs is geographically distributed almost equally among Spanish-speaking countries. The Royal Spanish Academy said about the… Continue reading
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Ai-Media EEG Charging Stenographers to Use iCap
Since Australian company Ai-Media bought EEG, there has been a noticible shift in pricing. Instead of charging a hefty purchase price up-front, they now charge ongoing fees whenever possible. I preferred EEG’s traditional pricing structure when they were a small family-run company. In 2023, Ai-Media EEG started charging stenographers an hourly fee to use iCap.… Continue reading
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NCRA Realtime Broadcast Captioning Style and Format Guides for U.S.
Live captions start a new line after sentence-ending punctuation. Continue reading
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Timing Considerations for Hmong Closed Captions
DCMP conventions for Broadcast closed captions Character SetTraditional video closed captions only support the basic and extended ASCII character sets. CTA 608 closed captions can only support standard ASCII letters, numbers, and punctuation (, . ? / : ; ” ‘ [ ] ( ) ! @ # $ % & ( ) <… Continue reading
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ATSC 3.0 PBS Stations
Call Network City State Lighthouse Sign On WKAR WKAR TV East Lansing MI WKAR Experimental 2020 WUNC PBS North Carolina Raleigh NC WNGT-CD Retro TV 2020 KOPB Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland OR KPDX MyNet 2020 KAET Arizona PBS Phoenix AZ KHPH-LD UniMás 2021 WHUT Howard University Washington, DC DC WHUT PBS 2021 WUCF WUCF TV… Continue reading
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!
Recent Posts
- FCC Website Requirement: FCC Applications Link/Page
- Engineering Perspective: Closed Captioning Broadcast Engineering Videos
- Comments on FCC Docket No. 16-142_ Authorizing Permissive Use of the Next Generation Broadcast Television Standard
- How to Replace a Transmission Line Watchband Spring
- Netflix Subtitle Style Guide 2024