We Asked for It, We Got It
More major network channels are setting up video players on their sites..and the good news is, the players show captions! More and more captioned programming is now available through Fox.com (read the review at Disabled in the Digital Age) and others. Plus there is a new online tv broadcaster, Hulu.com, that makes some captioned programming available.
As great as this is, there are still networks that don't provide online captioned programming. Ironically, one of them is the Disney channel. Disney makes full length episodes of popular shows like Hannah Montana available for online viewing, but there are no captions (at least there weren't as of May 2008).
This is a good start. Part of me wonders if the networks are rushing to provide at least some captioned programming in hopes of avoiding government requirements to provide captions on the internet? After all, because the law that requires captions on television does not apply to the internet, there is now pushing to get a new, updated law that will apply to the internet.
As great as this is, there are still networks that don't provide online captioned programming. Ironically, one of them is the Disney channel. Disney makes full length episodes of popular shows like Hannah Montana available for online viewing, but there are no captions (at least there weren't as of May 2008).
This is a good start. Part of me wonders if the networks are rushing to provide at least some captioned programming in hopes of avoiding government requirements to provide captions on the internet? After all, because the law that requires captions on television does not apply to the internet, there is now pushing to get a new, updated law that will apply to the internet.
2 Comments:
Have you actually seen any closed captions on the FOX site?
I tried a couple of their videos, but didn't see a single closed caption, even on Family Guy, where it shows the CC logo in the picture.
Maybe the player they installed is not working on Vista or something.
One of the recent episodes of Bones had captioning. The problem I had was where they put the captions - in a box below the video area - to far down to see both comfortably.
I also am having trouble with Hulu.com - where ARE the captioned videos? I haven't found any yet...
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