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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: captioning
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Date: 28 Mar 91 05:34:55 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 To: billr@truevision.com (Bill Romanowski)

 > I am trying to find out all I can about captioning.
 > Not only the technical side but the consumers side as well.
 > What works well? What would work better.
 > Any input or info would be most helpful.

IMHO (in my humble opinion), I think it would be nice if the
first name of the speaker (pardon such a term - can't think
of a better one at this time) would appear before the printed
text of closed captioning across the screen.  Sometimes it is
very confusing to figure out who is saying this and that...

As a rule, I feel the captioning concept is pretty good with
the exception of misspelled names/words from time to time.
I realize it is often during live captioning that this happens.
The main improvement needs to be centered on live captioning,
especially during the news coverage as it is often very
difficult to follow, especially for the average reader.

I'd like to think about this a bit more and if I run across
anything else I think might help improve closed captioning,
I'll post them.

Perhaps some of the others will have some suggestions I have
not mentioned.

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