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

Wired on Wheels

A day in the life of a person with disabilities

SMIL WM RM QT

CC

Evolution videos QT RM CC
Dignubia Videos QT TT AD CC
Unite for Gallaudet QT CC

Captions Tutorials

The SMIL Tutorial SMIL CC AD
Creating Captions for Rich Media RM QT WM CC
Captions and Audio Descriptions for PC Multimedia WM CC AD
Creating Captions with MAGpie WM RM QT SMIL CC

Captions Articles

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

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 >