No matter where you turn, there always seems to be a debate about screen time for young children. Most research suggests that limiting screen time with children under the age of five is a smart idea, but that’s become increasingly…
Section 508 Compliance Checklist
Section 508 is an important amendment to the Rehabilitation Act that protects the rights of people with disabilities, requiring Federal agencies to ensure that their websites and electronic information technology is fully accessible to those who have disabilities. This also…
Standard vs. Expanded Description: When Do You Need It?
Here at Captionmax, one of our favorite services is Description (often called audio description or video description). Description is the act of adding a secondary audio track that describes actions, settings, and other visual details so that blind and low-vision…
Election 2020: Voting Accessibility and Accommodations
In what has already been a year no one will ever forget, 2020 isn’t letting up. With the presidential election right around the corner, how do accessibility practices come into play at the polls or in early voting from home? Let’s take a look.…
The Captionmax Picture Wall
With one facility looking out at vibrant downtown Minneapolis, MN, and another looking over the beautiful Verguo Mountains of Glendale, CA, Captionmax team members enjoy the sights and sounds of their very different office locations. But one feature that both…
Eight Benefits of Webinar Captioning
Hosting a webinar is a great way to build authority, trust, and relationships in the modern world of business, especially in the era of COVID-19. They’re flexible, budget-friendly, and can give you a lot of insight into your branding and…
Realtime Spanish Captioning
Captionmax has been in the English realtime captioning business for over 30 years. Now, we’re able to deliver realtime Spanish captioning as well! If your program requires live Spanish-language captioning, we’re more than happy to work with you. We’re able…
Search Engine Optimization and Closed Captions
The primary goal of any content creator should be to share one’s work with the largest audience possible, but impressing viewers with only what’s on-screen may not be enough. To have the best chance at attracting a global audience, you…
Multi-Language Live Subtitling
Captionmax’s multi-language live subtitling workflow is capable of delivering real-time translation in dozens of languages to aid viewer comprehension and retention. WHY CAPTIONMAX? Our team of expert captioners ensures excellent translation Easy to scale: With Captionmax, we can scale to…
Common Subtitle/Prerecorded Closed Caption File Types
Captionmax can deliver closed captions and subtitles for prerecorded videos in any number of ways, but more often than not, our clients need what’s called a “sidecar” caption file. This means that we will be sending them a caption file…