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

Relativity

From WGBH's NOVA.

QT

CC

Unite for Gallaudet QT CC
Experience Matters FL CC
In His Own Words FL CC

Captions Tutorials

Adding Closed Captions to Digital Media WM CC
Creating Cross-Platform Caption Displays QT CC
Creating Captions with MAGpie WM RM QT SMIL CC
SMIL Templates RM QT SMIL XAD AD CC

Captions Articles

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