As the mom of three young children, I am concerned about the programs they watch on TV and the Internet. While there are parental controls for what they view on television, there is no control over whether or not the programs they watch via computer are captioned. I partnered with the Collaboration for Communication Access … Continue reading
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What Happened to Netflix Captioning? An Update
The truth about Netflix‘s recent lack of captions has been revealed. And thank goodness. Lipreading Mom was about to permanently cancel her trial subscription. According to Mike Chapman, a volunteer advocate with the Collaboration for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC), Netflix’s captioning system went “haywire” over the past week. CCAC has partnered with me on … Continue reading
Activist/Author Arlene Romoff Changes the Captioning World
As a teenager, Arlene Romoff began to progressively lose her hearing. It became a profound loss several years later. In 1997, she received her first cochlear implant and a second one in 2008. The author of two memoirs, Hear Again: Back to Life with a Cochlear Implant and Listening Closely: A Journey to Bilateral Hearing, … Continue reading
Tell Netflix to Bring Back Captions
Lipreading Mom urges you to bombard Netflix today and this weekend with the message to bring back captions! Recently, Netflix made the decision to reduce captioned programming with no explanation as to why. *This is unacceptable.* Go to the official Netflix Contact Page, and let your voice be heard. Let Netflix know: 1) People with … Continue reading
Why Lipreading Mom Should Cancel Netflix
“If Netflix captioned all of its movie offerings, would you renew our subscription?” This was the question I posed to my Hubby several months after we cancelled the on-demand video service. “Uh, sure honey.” He knows better than to argue with Lipreading Mom when she’s trying to make a point. After discovering through Philixie.com that … Continue reading
Would You Join Me in Thanking These Two Legislators?
For those of you as passionate about Internet captions as Lipreading Mom is, we have some powerful fans on our side. Memorize these names: U.S. Representative Edward Markey (Massachusetts) and U.S. Congressman Mark Pryor (Arkansas). Rep. Markey and Congressman Pryor authored the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. This legislation is the … Continue reading
BBC iPlayer Shows Captioned for UK Viewers Only
If you want to watch captioned BBC videos online, you may be in luck—if you live in England. This week, Lipreading Mom contacted BBCNews.com regarding lack of captions with its Internet videos. Mark Barlex, editor with British Broadcasting Corporation’s OnDemandBBC, shared the reasoning for the delay in subtitling their online media: technology limitations (his response … Continue reading
CNN, FoxNews Fail to Caption U.S. Presidential Primary Web Videos
The U.S. presidential primary vote in New Hampshire is one of this week’s (if not this year’s) major news stories. However, for the millions of people with hearing loss who rely on captioned content of the important event, network Web sites consistently don’t deliver. When Lipreading Mom attempted to watch the following network primary videos … Continue reading
Joining the Lipreading Mom Captions Campaign Is So Easy
Join me in advocating for the 34 million Americans, and millions more worldwide, with hearing loss who need captioning to understand Internet videos. Volunteers are needed to contact ABC, MSNBC, BBC, ESPN, and more. Have I mentioned how easy it is to participate? Join the Campaign here: Lipreading Mom Captions Campaign. You CAN make a … Continue reading
MSNBC.com Contacted About Lack of Captions
Lipreading Mom’s Note: The MSNBC Network’s Website, MSNBC.com, received the following email today by the Lipreading Mom/CCAC Internet Captions Campaign regarding captioned video needs on its site. Dear MSNBC.com Management, As followers with hearing loss, we are writing to express our concern about the lack of captions with your online videos. For instance, the video … Continue reading
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