At Capital Captions, we truly care, not only about our clients (producers and video makers), but about their end client – the target audiences of our work, namely, Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Vision Impaired viewers worldwide.
Subtitles and captioning
These blogs are about subtitles and captions
The SCC format has a number of limitations and specifications that need to be adhered to in order for captions to function correctly.
If you currently have a standard subtitle file and have had a request to convert into English closed captions, the first question on your mind may be around what that involves and what is truly the difference?
Dynamic subtitles are captions that go beyond static, traditional text at the bottom of the screen. They can move, change color, resize, or animate in sync with video content to emphasize emotion, mood, or key points.
Whilst Capital Captions currently steer clear of AI captioning as part of our human-loving ethos, we regularly run quality checks and proofreading on automated captions for our clients. This blog includes our professional checklist on the most important aspects to check and amend on closed captions when working on QC of AI captions.
Today’s youth have set subtitles, movie and video captioning on a new path. Captioning times are a-changing, and in this blog, we’ll delve into how, when and why!
As a feature film and documentary subtitling company we subtitle countless films and documentaries every year.
The British Film Institute (BFI) offer funding for short films through the National Lottery Funds designated for film. When submitting a film to BFI, open captions, closed captions and audio description are required as enhanced access materials.
At Capital Captions, we believe in the value of human writers and don’t work with any AI captioning in-house. However, we do provide AI caption proofreading services to make changes to improve AI generated captions.
When distributing video content, accessibility is important because it ensures you’re your film reaches the widest possible audience. Closed captions are often the first port of call when it comes to accessibility for video content, but for Deaf and Hard of Hearing viewers, sign language can be crucial.