More young adults are using closed captioning than older generations due to thin TVs, bad audio, and poor enunciation. To overcome these issues try a soundbar or Prime Video’s dialogue boost.
Read MoreCaptions, an app that offers AI-generated subtitles as well as other video editing features, has raised a $25 million Series B funding round. The two-year-old company plans to use the funds to expand its team, build new features, and serve a growing audience that currently includes about 100,000 daily active users.
Read MoreThis article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. The first time it happened , I assumed it was a Millennial thing. Our younger neighbors had come over with their kids and a projector for backyard movie night— Clueless , I think, or maybe The Goonies …
Read MoreThe availability of MSE and EME allows HbbTV application developers and content providers to move away from native DASH type-1 media-players to type-3 MSE/EME based implementations. However, the implementation for WebVTT differs...
Read MoreThe impact is we’re more able to see just how many fans we have with disabilities,” she said, noting the company relies on member feedback to guide new features and content. The new badges are a small concession like that —...
Read MoreAn SRT file consists of a sequence of data blocks about extracted pictures: the number of the picture in the DVD subtitle track; a pair of timecodes for the start and stop time that the picture was shown on the DVD, separated by...
Read MoreThe company notes it retains an audio copy of a Space, including the captions, for thirty days to review the content for violations of Twitter’s guidelines. This staffing change was spurred after users criticized Twitter last...
Read MoreSince I don’t want all you streamers at home to suffer inferior subtitles the way I so regularly do, I checked out the caption options offered on the websites of the nine big players — Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime...
Read MoreMore people are using their mute button when they view videos, reading the captions instead, according to Dan Greenberg, president at Sharethrough. “Our hypothesis is that people are so accustomed to videos playing on mute,...
Read MoreSpecifically, 75% of those surveyed, on average, said that they often keep their phones on mute even when a video is playing. Dishearteningly for advertisers, the poll also confirmed the use of phones and other second screens as...
Read MoreDub scripts, Audio Description, Forced Narratives, Closed Captions, and Subtitles all need to be authored in complex tools that manage the timing, location, and formatting of the text on screen. It enables a seamless exchange of...
Read MoreIn terms of features, the JW Player supports HLS and DASH streaming with support for 360 Video & VR, Ad Insertion (CSAI and SSAI), Multi-DRM, Subtitles, and their own Audience Engagement and Analytics service. Shaka Player...
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