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Can You Write an Interesting Lipreading Mom Photo Caption?

Occasionally on Fridays, I’ll post an interesting photo from my family archives. If you post here a caption for this photo—something clever, witty, inspirational, whatever—you will be entered into a drawing for an autographed copy of Lipreading Mom’s book, Lip Reader. Please: PG-rated captions only. No vulgar captions allowed. Winner will be drawn and announced … Continue reading →

Can Captions Help Our Kids Learn?

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 →

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 →

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 →