I was almost 12 years old when, in July 1993, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated television manufacturers build in closed-captioning support into every set over 13 inches in size.

When you want to read what is being said on a television program, movie, or video you turn on the captions. Looking under the hood to see how this text is delivered is a fascinating story that stared ...

Regular readers of this column know a number of the stories that appear in this space reflect the convergence of technology, disability, and Hollywood. To name just two examples, the last few weeks ...

Use this page to find resources related to managing captions on your videos in Canvas and Media Space. When videos are uploaded to Kaltura(My Media), captions are auto-generated. This is done using ...

When we last checked in with AI-powered captioning service Ava, they had just raised a seed round and it was six months into a pandemic that would reshape how we all work together. Eighteen months ...

Canvas Studio uses automated speech recognition (ASR) technology to make automatic captions available for video content. While automatically generated captions are a great starting point, it is ...

No, AI is not taking over our beloved captions quite yet. It’s hard enough to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Imagine spelling every word given to every contestant. That was Annah Koenig ...

Captions workflows in the U.S. and globally are already mission-critical to all video-centric industries, from media and TV to enterprise and e-learning firms. But a few forces have combined to set ...

WASHINGTON —By 2010 standards, it was probably hard to imagine just how ubiquitous online video consumption would be in 2021. Eleven years ago the U.S. passed the Communications and Video ...

WASHINGTON—For broadcasters, closed captioning has moved beyond being an FCC requirement checkbox. As the number of viewing devices and screens multiply exponentially, closed captioning has evolved ...

Live Caption, Google’s automatic captioning system first introduced at its I/O developer conference this May, is now officially available, alongside the launch of the new Pixel 4. But unlike some of ...