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
Can You Help Me Count My Lost Decibels?
Are you like me: not deaf, but close to it? Every year, I head to the audiologist for a hearing test. Ninety-five percent of the time, the result is the same: more hearing decibels lost. Eleven years ago when I was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, each ear tested at 20 percent hearing loss. The … 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
The Reason Why Lipreading Mom Is So Passionate About Captions
My 7-year-old daughter wanted to watch a video at Disney.com. It featured one of her favorite singers. I wanted to sing along with my girl, but I couldn’t. The video wasn’t captioned. My toddler-age son was playing a game at PBSKids.org involving a popular cartoon character. Short video clips from the cartoon were included with … Continue reading
ABC Responds to the Lipreading Mom Internet Captions Campaign
Lipreading Mom’s Note: ABC was recently contacted by Lipreading Mom and the Collaboration for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) regarding lack of captions with its news and TV Website videos. Here is today’s response from the ABC Audience Information Department, followed by the original letter from Lipreading Mom and CCAC. Response from ABC Thank you … Continue reading
Disney Contacted Through the Lipreading Mom Internet Captions Campaign
Thanks to the Collaboration for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC)and volunteers for their time and efforts with Internet Captions Campaign. This initiative has involved intentional contact with various television networks regarding lack of Web video captions. Networks Contacted Through the Campaign – The700Club.com/Christian Broadcasting Network – Several letters have been sent, and one response has … Continue reading
At the (Captioned) Movies with My Husband…Thanks to Cinemark
It was a long-overdue date night for Lipreading Mom and Hubby. Our choice: dinner and a movie, of course. This movie night was going to be different. Special. Because with a little bit of research and some open-mindedness, we ventured to a theater where we could both enjoy the experience, thanks to captioning. After browsing … Continue reading
Letter and Response from BBC Regarding Its Internet Captions
David Pearson has worked with Lipreading Mom and the Collaboration for Communication Access via Captioning on the Internet Captions Campaign. His letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) regarding lack of captions on its Web site yielded this response: December 30, 2011 Dear Mr. Pearson, Thank you for getting in touch and raising this query. … Continue reading
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