Closed caption services for the deaf and hard of hearing are incredibly important in making video content accessible not only to the deaf but indeed, anyone placed in a situation where hearing ability or audio quality is compromised. We provide professional, high quality, accurate closed captions for the deaf, working with videos across a wide range of media and industry specialisms.
The terms ‘subtitles’ and ‘closed captioning’ are often used in conjunction with each other, but the difference between subtitles and closed captions can be quite significant for the deaf community. In summary, subtitles only cover any dialogue spoken in your video. They exist to give a viewer accessibility to dialogue.
Closed captions have a wider reach than subtitles, covering not only dialogue within video content but also any relevant noises or sound effects that a deaf audience may be otherwise unaware of. Some examples of this may be ‘[loud explosion], [whispers]’, etc. Closed captions are used not only to give deaf audiences access to dialogue but to contribute to an overall superior viewing experience and understanding of the context of events in a video.
Closed Captions Include:
- Description of sound effects
- Colour contrast of onscreen text
- Identification of speakers
- Intelligent verbatim style for good readability
- Music indicated by the ‘#’ symbol
- Off-screen speakers to be included
- Tone of voice conveyed through punctuation
- Speech style described through the use of closed brackets
Here at Capital Captions, we value our work with the deaf community and even have a sister site, MyLittleEars.com which provides hearing retainers and accessories for children with hearing loss.
Our video closed caption services for the deaf start from as little as £3.00 per video minute for large projects. For more information or a quote, contact us using our contact form, or email us at info@capitalcaptions.com
Subtitles and closed caption services
We provide subtitles and closed captioning services for a range of different videos. These include:
Amazon Video Closed Captioning
Unlock your exposure on Amazon video by adding high quality closed captions.
Video on Demand closed captions
Reliable and cost effective services to write, time and encode client VoD captions.
