Comments on: Now You Can Closed-Caption Your Google Videos!

By: You can now adjust the closed-captions on my YouTube vlogs « Daniel Greene’s Interpretation

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:42:31 +0000

[...] I’m glad to hear this! I am a longtime supporter of closed-captioning. I posted one of the first closed-captioned videos on Google Video when they implemented closed-captioning in August 2006. Now YouTube has implemented CC settings [...]

By: Google Video Shutting Down | Daniel Greene’s Blog–o–rama

Google Video Shutting Down | Daniel Greene’s Blog–o–rama — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:45:04 +0000

[...] September 19, 2006. I was one of the first people in the world to use the technology when I publish my closed-captioned Google Video on October 4, 2006. Google then bought YouTube on October 9, 2006. They later introduced YouTube [...]

By: Web 2.0 Announcer

Web 2.0 Announcer — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:20:17 +0000

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By: Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:43:18 +0000

Ron: I know that many hard-of-hearing people don’t think of themselves as “deaf,” but when I say deaf, I include hard-of-hearing people. My focus as an ASL interpreter is not on people’s audiograms; whoever uses my services is somewhere along the spectrum of deafness, from moderate to severe hearing loss. Since ASL is a language, and the people who use it constitute a culture, my viewpoint is cultural. Lots of people who use ASL interpreters can hear well enough to talk on the phone, but they still see themselves as culturally deaf. If you don’t see yourself as culturally deaf, I understand, and I’m sorry if I left you out. For practical purposes, though, if you need closed captioning, you need closed captioning. It doesn’t matter how much you can hear.

By: Ron Eakins

Ron Eakins — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:31:17 +0000

Hi:
I know you talked about the deaf needing closed captioning, but you left out those of us that are hard of hearing who cannot understand TV and videos without closed captions. I glad to see CC on Google I just hope it spreads to all the others. It is frustrating to see a report on BBC and the like and know you can’t watch it because it is not closed caption.

By: Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:23:57 +0000

I shouldn’t have said “early ’70s,” but I could have sworn I remembered seeing Roots on television in 1977 with “Closed Captioned for the Hearing Impaired” emblazoned on the opening titles. Edit: I neglected to say thank you for your comment and correction. I do appreciate your participation and information!

By: Joe Clark

Joe Clark — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:03:32 +0000

Closed captioning started in the U.S. in 1979, though there were very few programs. It didn’t really start in a noticeable way until 1980.