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Language Control in Captioned Films

For many years, the only source of educational captioned media was the Captioned Films for the Deaf program. Captions were written by teachers at summer workshops, of two or more weeks duration, which were usually held on the campus of a residential school for the deaf. This 1977 paper provided guidelines to caption writers as to caption length and vocabulary (language was often heavily edited). For each film, it was determined which of three levels of captioning would be followed, ranging from very simple sentence patterns with no compound sentences to those with complex sentences.
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Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part I

Part I of a captioning manual prepared for teachers at summer workshops sponsored by the Captioned Films/Videos Program. This section includes general guidelines and an explanation of captioning levels.
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Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part II

Part II of a captioning manual prepared for teachers at summer workshops sponsored by the Captioned Films/Videos Program. This section includes general guidelines and an explanation of captioning levels.
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Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part III

Part III of a captioning manual prepared for teachers at summer workshops sponsored by the Captioned Films/Videos Program. This section includes general guidelines and an explanation of captioning levels.
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Lesson Guide for Captioned Films: A Training and Utilization Guide

The forward to the first bound volume (1968) of educational Captioned Films for the Deaf lesson guides and a sample guide for the educational film The Adventures of Willie Skunk. Explains that lesson guides are prepared for "…teachers of the deaf for use in conjunction with captioned films and is intended to help avoid pitfalls inherent in the use of films as teaching tools." Each guide contained these sections or components: film summary, purpose of film, preparation for film (teacher and student), follow-up, and additional resource materials.
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Know Your Legal Rights

Legal issues facing persons who are deaf and hard of hearing
From Janice D. M. Mitchell, Ed.D. about captioning, manuals-and-guidelines
Making Captioning Perfect

As you might guess, we get a lot of kidding about our name, "Caption Perfect." Admittedly, we've never been perfect and don't really expect to be, but our goal is to make our captions the equivalent quality to that found in the publishing world. We want to continuously improve the quality of our work, and we want clients who expect the same. Of all our clients, the National Association of the Deaf's Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has held us and its other vendors to the most exacting standard, and this demand has improved the quality of all of our work. We generally follow a series of steps to make our captions the best they can be, and below is a description of the process we use for the DCMP.
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Captioning Types, Methods, and Styles

The evolution of captioning techniques
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Caption It Yourself: Basic Guidelines for Busy Teachers, Families, and Others Who Shoot Their Own Video

Captions (sometimes called “subtitles”) are the textual representation of a video's soundtrack. They are critical for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and they are also a great tool for improving the reading and listening skills of others. Unlike subtitles, captions provide information such as sound effects and speaker identification.
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The CBC Captioning Style Guide, 2003

These guidelines pertain exclusively to off-line roll-up closed captioning, as distinct from other styles of off-line closed captioning. Written by the CBC, they are intended to supplement those guidelines set forth in "The CAC Captioning Style Guide: General Guidelines for Off line Pop On Captions," which should be taken as the authoritative reference in the event of any omission from the present document.
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Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: General Guidelines for Inclusive Online Cultural Content

From Canada, these guidelines give a comprehensive review of existing web accessibility guidelines before beginning a discussion of accessibility techniques specific to online cultural content. The document outlines key considerations for creating inclusive online cultural content as well as for translating existing content to other modalities to make it accessible. Suggestions and guidance are provided to the reader around the concept of modality translation for each kind of translation specific to the online environment. Techniques for moving content between audio, visual, tactile and language modalities are discussed and explained at length. (Also see the companion document: Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: Online Enhanced Captioning Guidelines.)
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Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: Online Enhanced Captioning Guidelines

From Canada, these guidelines focus on how to caption for Web-based media items. Topics include the following: the current state of captioning on the Web, tools for captioning on the Web, plenty of visual examples, and a bibliography of educational references. Also includes information on Web-based description for the blind or visually impaired. (Companion document to the Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: General Guidelines for Inclusive Online Cultural Content.)
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Nonverbal Films: Guidelines for Their Utilization with Deaf Learners

This article was written in 1980 by Salvatore J. Parlato, Jr., former National Coordinator of the BEH/CEASD Captioned Educational Films Selection Program located at the Rochester School for the Deaf, for the Symposium on Research and Utilization of Education Media for Teaching the Deaf. For many years an annual media symposium was held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. This paper discusses the transition of Hollywood and educational films from "audio-visual" to "verbal-visual," meaning that where words were once only supplements to a film, they now dominate. Covers some of the factors taken into consideration when analyzing nonverbal films for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing, such as subject matter, grade level, and production technique. Includes references, a bibliography, and two charts.
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Captioning Quality Code of Practice

From the Deafness Forum of Australia Web site. Although this captioning manual grants permission to use American- and British-style captioning with like programs, Australian programs are required to follow Australian captioning guidelines. Covers basic issues of captioning, such as editing, presentation speed, and punctuation. Notes the use of "colour" to identify speakers and sound effects. Also addresses error rates and live captioning.
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Guidelines For Audio Describing Meetings And Presentations

Sign language interpreters are a necessary accommodation for people who are deaf and use signing as a means of basic communication. They are necessary in courtrooms, hospitals, meetings and virtually any situation in which there is an interaction between people who are deaf and those who communicate only orally. Because blindness or vision impairment does not necessarily present a fundamental barrier to communication, parallel accommodations have usually not been sought or even considered necessary for the aforementioned venues and situations.
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Language Control in Captioned Films

Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part I

Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part II

Captioning Techniques for the Captioned Films/Videos Captioning Workshop: Part III

Lesson Guide for Captioned Films: A Training and Utilization Guide

Know Your Legal Rights

Making Captioning Perfect

Captioning Types, Methods, and Styles

Caption It Yourself: Basic Guidelines for Busy Teachers, Families, and Others Who Shoot Their Own Video

The CBC Captioning Style Guide, 2003

Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: General Guidelines for Inclusive Online Cultural Content

Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange: Online Enhanced Captioning Guidelines

Nonverbal Films: Guidelines for Their Utilization with Deaf Learners

Captioning Quality Code of Practice

Guidelines For Audio Describing Meetings And Presentations