Teachers: Have you ever had a blind or deaf student in your classroom?

How about a child with a learning disability or someone who speaks English as a second language?

Then you should consider using captioning and description whenever available in your multimedia materials.

CAPTIONING renders audio, including dialog, sound effect, and other relevant information such as speaker identification, into unobtrusive text on the display.

DESCRIPTION provides a narration in between the dialog that helps blind and low-vision students understand the visual content.

Use the menu at left to learn more about each - particularly how to find and activate them on your educational videos, whether on television shows, DVDs, or webcasts.

One of our grant partners, The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has created an awesome video that explains to teachers how to use captions and description in the classroom. Be sure to check this video out and share it with other teachers. 

At CaptionMax, we're dedicated to making videos accessible to people with sensory disabilities. The kicker is - what we do benefits a lot more people than just those with hearing or sight loss.