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From: L Snider
Date: May 8, 2015 1:07PM

Hi Jonathan,

That could be a problem. The smaller device issue is also one I have to
look at as well. I have not seen CC on a device yet. So if I open a CC'ed
video on an iPhone will the default viewer (QT) be able to deal with
captions?

I have been trying the technique you mentioned, with all captions in one
file...I am still testing, but how I deal with the viewers people may use
is still to come.

I don't get it, why are CC videos such a hard thing to deal with in terms
of players in 2015 (in terms of a DVD)?

Cheers

Lisa

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > I'm a big fan of open captions
>
> One challenge with open captions is that users cannot change the visual
> appearance of the captions -- this can be a challenge for people who have a
> visual impairment in addition to being deaf or hard of hearing. Also on
> smaller devices users may need to increase the size of the captions.
> There is another technique to encapsulate closed captions into the media
> file -- that way the captions are included in a single file -- although
> this technique may be more limited though in it's support for different
> platforms and players.
>
> Jonathan
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