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5 Oral Histories Doing Captioning Right

by 3mediaweb in Video Accessibility

Oral histories are timeless resources that paint a picture of the real human experiences and emotions of past events. In this blog, we cover 5 examples of oral history project who are using captioning to engage their audience in new ways. The…

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Updated November 29, 2023

5 Video Bloggers Doing Captioning Right

by Elisa Lewis in Video Accessibility

With online video taking on such a huge role in our lives and our culture, video blogging (vlogging) has become an increasing trend. No matter what you “vlog” about, there’s one thing all vlogs should have in common – closed captions. Although…

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Updated March 16, 2021

Film and TV Scenes That Make No Sense without Non-Speech Captions

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

In the film Ferris Bueler’s Day Off, Ferris uses a keyboard to simulate coughing, sneezing, and hacking noises to convince people over the phone that he is sick and cannot come to school. Image: Netflix Watching a movie or TV show with…

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Updated March 9, 2021

5 YouTube Channels Doing Captioning Right

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

As people learn more about the many benefits of video captioning, and about the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who who can benefit from captioning, the world is increasingly beginning to notice the cavernous gap between the volume of video published…

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Updated February 23, 2021

‘Master of None’ Highlights Deaf Culture & Demonstrates Importance of Visual Aid

by Patrick Loftus in Video Accessibility

Considering the overwhelming number of popular TV shows on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu (not to mention traditional cable), it’s hard to imagine why we don’t see more variety in our protagonists — especially when it comes to Deaf people. That’s…

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Updated March 2, 2021
Parody Music Video: “You Guys Need Captions!”

Parody Music Video: “You Guys Need Captions!”

by Emily Griffin in Video Accessibility

Closed captioning can bring a video to life. We wanted to capture that spirit and celebrate all the ways closed captioning helps your video, your viewers, and YOU. To that end, 3Play Media is proud to unveil our music video parody of…

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Updated October 29, 2021