Tag: captions

FCC Announces New Closed Captioned Complaint Rules

Closed Captioning Update: New Complaint Rules Now Effective; Contact Information Due by March 22, 2010 On Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, two important new closed captioning rules were published in the Federal Register and went into effect. The new rules require…

Automatic captions in YouTube

Automatic captions in YouTube 11/19/2009 Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we’ve introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only…

NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions

NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions On September 9, 2009, the National Association of the Deaf requested that Netflix provide a captioned version of “The Wizard of Oz” movie that Netflix made available online, for free, for everyone on October…