Closed captions are incredibly important to deaf and hard of hearing audiences as a way of encouraging cultural adhesion.
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With advancements in AI, more and more producers are trusting AI services in producing captions for their content. While AI captioning can be a reasonable option for producers with simple online projects who are on a tight budget or who have time constraints, there are a number of reasons why it’s a great idea to have your AI captions professionally edited.
Capital Captions specialise in urgent subtitle translation services, offering fast turnaround times for clients who need their projects completed quickly. For short videos and smaller projects, same day delivery is available to ensure your content reaches a global audience without delay. Here’s why we are the experts in Translating Subtitles – Urgent Services when you need them.
BSL and ASL interpreting are incredibly important in terms of making video accessible to users of sign language.
At Capital Captions, we truly care, not only about our clients (producers and video makers), but about their end client – the target audiences of our work, namely, Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Vision Impaired viewers worldwide.
The SCC format has a number of limitations and specifications that need to be adhered to in order for captions to function correctly.
If you currently have a standard subtitle file and have had a request to convert into English closed captions, the first question on your mind may be around what that involves and what is truly the difference?
Dynamic subtitles are captions that go beyond static, traditional text at the bottom of the screen. They can move, change color, resize, or animate in sync with video content to emphasize emotion, mood, or key points.
Whilst Capital Captions currently steer clear of AI captioning as part of our human-loving ethos, we regularly run quality checks and proofreading on automated captions for our clients. This blog includes our professional checklist on the most important aspects to check and amend on closed captions when working on QC of AI captions.
At Capital Captions, we always recommend using professional closed captioning, audio description, and British Sign Language (BSL) services to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with accessibility standards.