Why Are My Captions Wrong? At Captionmax, we take pride in our expertise and accuracy when it comes to the art of captioning. We also understand that sometimes our captions may not look correct to our viewers. Blame is often…
Different Types of Closed Captions (Video)
We know that it’s easy to get bogged down with closed captioning variations, customizations, and styles, so in this video, we explore the three closed captioning types and how they’re used in live and prerecorded programs. Press play to watch…
Different Types of Closed Captions
Check out our video on this topic here! When entering the world of closed captioning for your media, it’s easy to get bogged down with the all the variations, customizations, and styles that can be applied to your captions. Even…
608 and 708 Closed Captions: A Primer
When closed captions appear on a television screen, a decoder inside the TV is translating raw caption data from the broadcast location and displaying it as text that is understandable to the human eye. The method of decoding has evolved…
Early Learning and Closed Captions
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…
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…