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蜜芽传媒 closed captioning trial, now er... closed
- 4 Apr 07, 04:53 PM
Before Christmas, we reported that the 蜜芽传媒 had launched a trial of a subtitling 鈥� more properly known as closed captioning 鈥� service on selected programmes available for viewing online. That trial has now finished, and feedback is being assessed in readiness for integration into the iPlayer. This is the software needed to select, download, store and watch programmes from the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 seven-day catch up service that will be available in May.
The task of evaluating the feedback will be led by the 蜜芽传媒 Future Media and Technology Accessibility Team鈥檚 Andrew Strachan in order to assess what further enhancements can be made to the closed captioning service.
Feedback has been considerable, and one surprising source has come from overseas users. It turns out that for those studying English, being able to both read and hear it helps to re-enforce learning. Behind the scenes, the 蜜芽传媒 Future Media and Technology Accessibility Team will also be collaborating with the content producers to structure appropriate guidelines. This is because the 蜜芽传媒 have taken the decision that closed captioning is not just an accessibility aid, but an integral part of the editorial process.
Some important lessons have been learned already. Text embedded in a programme delivered on a 22鈥� television is perfectly readable, but not so once the size of the picture is considerably reduced so that it can be streamed online. So in the future, on-screen text that, for example, shows the name and role of an interviewee, will also be captioned to improve legibility. Additionally, the captions will be moved nearer to the picture so that viewers aren鈥檛 trying to look in two places at once.
The 蜜芽传媒 plans to make captioning available on 25% of the programmes ready for download when the iPlayer launches, with that percentage steadily increasing over time.
Whilst the trial has now formally concluded, some programmes with captioning, like the technology lifestyle magazine Click, plus Panorama and Filmnetwork are still available for viewing from the archive via MyWebMyWay. If you still want to make your thoughts known, it is never too late to email the 蜜芽传媒 Future Media and Technology Accessibility Team.
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One of the strengths of computer delivery of video is that the CC and video streams can be separate. You don't have to burn the subtitles onto the image irrevocably, and it allows users to set the font to their preferred face and size, or reposition it higher/lower as desired. I hope you are intending to deliver content is this way and not as a single, combined video stream.
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