Captions

Captions display dialogue; identify speakers; and note on and off-screen sound effects, music, and laughter. Captions that can be turned on and off are referred to as closed captions. On this site we use the abbreviation 'CC' to indicate captions, even though in some cases the captions are not closed captions.

Captions Examples

Storybreaks: Hairdo

A WGBH broadband feature

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Catch! QT AD CC
Biodiversity PDF QT CC
Wired on Wheels SMIL WM RM QT CC

Captions Tutorials

Creating Captions for Rich Media RM QT WM CC
The SMIL Tutorial SMIL CC AD
Adding Closed Captions to Digital Media WM CC
SMIL Templates RM QT SMIL XAD AD CC

Captions Articles

Accessible Streaming Content SMIL WM RM QT FL K XAD AD CC AT
Streaming Video -- Friend or Foe? WM RM QT FL CC
FlashMX: Moving Toward Accessible Rich Media FL AT K AD CC
Accessibility: Flash MX Features FL CC K AT
Flash News Flash: It's Accessible FL AT CC

Captions Specifications and Standards

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Suggested Styles and Conventions for Closed Captioning > Media Access Group at WGBH
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 > W3C
Techniques for WCAG 1.0 > W3C
508 Standards for Web-based Applications >
508 Standards for Video and Multimedia >