Closed Captioning In Web Video?

mforbes writes "Like many geeks, I enjoy watching TV, movies, and streamed video. However, in company with 2%-3% of the population, I suffer from a problem known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, which essentially means that I have difficulty separating the sounds of human voices from various background noises. When watching TV and when watching movies at home, this isn't a problem, as I can simply turn on the closed captioning. (I find radio to be simply an annoyance.) How much effort would it take the major purveyors of Internet video (the broadcasting majors, etc.) to include an option for CCTV? I doubt the bandwidth required would be more than 1% of that required for the video already being presented. As a social libertarian, I would never ask for government regulation of such an enterprise; I ask only that the major studios be aware of the difficulties that those of us with auditory disorders face. If it's rough for me, how much more difficult can it be for someone who can't hear at all?"

Comments

I don't know if it is a good idea.

[Brad1138]

Subtitles can create problems.

Re:It absolutely sucks for deaf people

[Dogtanian]

deaf people suck anyway... you guys can't even hear You know, the coolest thing about that is that we can talk about them behind their backs and they can't even hear us. Just like we're doing just now! Ner-ner ner-ner-ner! You can't hear us!

Oh, hang on...

Re:Hey

[trolltalk.com]

"Just get a Q-Tip. We don't need you to make up some disorder because you're too lazy to clean your ears."

[X] That's how I poked my eardrum out in the first place, you insensitive clod!