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From: Heidi Ann Lefebure
Date: Apr 15, 2002 2:55PM

Hello!

I just thought I'd offer my 2 cents. I'm not sure what Rob meant about
QuickTime being difficult to work with. I just finished up captioning three
videos (15 min, 22 min, and 25 min) in QuickTime from a text file with no
problems. I really liked it. However, if you are looking for something to
help with captioning, try MAGpie which is a freebie available from CPB/WGBH
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
(http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/). Version 1 is usable, but Version
2 hopefully will be out soon. I played with the beta version & it certainly
worked much better.

Best wishes!

Heidi Lefebure


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Stevens" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: Providing captioning from a text file during a web cast?


> Hey Mark,
>
> Mark,
>
> Bunnyfoot are running a open forum on this topic entitled 'Driving
> Empowerment and Internationalisation with Accessible Multimedia.'
>
> 30 May London W1
>
> Full details and example multimedia file (BBC news article on the UK's
first
> internet car) with closed captions here:
>
> www.bunnyfoot.com/forum
>
> Windows and real player both produce good results. Quick Time is difficult
> to work with and don't expect any support from Apple. But deaf and hard of
> hearing people tend to prefer it. - Such is life!
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Rob.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rew" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >; "Terence de Giere"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >; < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 3:31 PM
> Subject: Providing captioning from a text file during a web cast?
>
>
> > Hi group,
> >
> > Does anyone know how I can use previously prepared text as part of my
> > captioning for the hearing impaired during a web cast?
> >
> > Most of the talks for the presentations during an award ceremony are
> available
> > in word processing files. We want to make use of this material to
> generate
> > the text for our close captioning. Can anyone give me suggestions of
> software
> > and file formats that I should use? Please provide any advice and
lessons
> > learn that you may have on doing this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark Rew
> > e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > 301-713-0262 x131
> >
> >
> >
> >
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