Theatres to add captions

July 26, 2007 in Closed Captioning, Deaf, Education, Hard of Hearing, News

Theatre to add captions
DAVID GEORGE-COSH
July 26, 2007
If Scott Simser wasn’t a movie buff before, he sure is one now.
Mr. Simser, who is deaf, was jubilant after a settlement was announced yesterday by the Ontario Human Rights Commission that will put captioning technology in more theatres across the province.
Major movie exhibitors – Alliance Atlantis, AMC Entertainment, [...]

ClipBlast! Expands Automated Web Video Indexing System, Developed to Build World’s Largest Index of Video Online

July 20, 2007 in Captioned Videos, Closed Captioning, News, Subtitle, Technology

ClipBlast! Expands Automated Web Video Indexing System, Developed to Build World’s Largest Index of Video Online
Announced at iHollywood Search and Media, Company Anticipates Tens of Millions of New Clips Coming Online within Next 90 Days
iHollywood Search and Media 2007
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amid explosive growth of the Video Web, ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com), the premier Web-wide video search and [...]

Apple rocks the cat box with synchronized lyrics patent application

July 20, 2007 in Closed Captioning, Education, News, Subtitle, Technology, Video Phone

Apple rocks the cat box with synchronized lyrics patent application – Ars Technica
from “closed captioning” – Google News

Apple rocks the cat box with synchronized lyrics patent application
Ars Technica, MA – 2 hours ago
Closed captioning would let iPods reach a somewhat wider audiene, and subtitles would be handy for foreign language content, foreign films, …