What are close captioning services

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What are closed captioning services?
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What do you mean by close captioning services?
These are the dedicated services focussing on
creating high-end text conversion of the audio
component of the multimedia content. These
captions are in sync with the video component.
Captions are widely used for different types of
content like live broadcasts, TV shows, and
videos. While captioning was earlier designated
for people suffering from hearing issues only, it
soon became the harbinger of accessible content
solutions.
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Types of close captioning services

• The key types of the close captioning solutions
  are
• Real-time captioning
• In the real-time captioning, the professional
  captioners create live captions as the audio is
  spoken. Hence, real-time captioning focuses on
  conferences, live news broadcasts, and live
  events.
• Offline captioning
• The offline captioning uses pre-recorded content
  where the captions are edited and in sync with
  the video part. Hence, offline captions aim to
  offer high-quality control and high accuracy
  levels.

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Steps involved in close captioning services
Any close captioning process involves the
following steps Transcription process The
first step is transcribing audio content into
text by professional captioning experts. These
professionals can use high-quality speech
recognition software to increase the speed of the
close captioning process. Seamless
synchronization The second step is the seamless
synchronization of the captions with the video
part of the content. Here, the text is
synchronized with the video so that the captions
can match the spoken words. Further, managing
speaker changes, pauses, and timing is
essential. Final editing and quality
control Finally, the third step is to complete
the final edit and manage the quality control.
Here, the close captioning experts ensure proper
timing, proper grammar, right spellings, and
accurate captions.
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Popular formats of close captioning services

• After creating the close captions, it is
  essential to pay attention to the popular file
  formats. These are
• SRT (SubRip)
• It is the popular caption file format offering
  dedicated formatting details, time codes, and
  text.
• WebVVT (Web Video Text Tracks)
• It is another popular caption file format
  offering timed text tracks along with video
  content on the web.

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Advantages of close captioning services

• The key benefits of the close captioning
  solutions are
• Inclusive content
• Closed captions make the content highly inclusive
  for people suffering from different impairments.
• Detailed content understanding
• Not only for people suffering from impairments,
  but close captions help in detailed content
  understanding.

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