Growing up, I have always had Closed captions on my TV, my friends and family became familiar with closed captions through me. Closed captions convey all spoken content as well as sound effect such as a door opening or foot steps. Written words run across the screen that have been set at the same time they are being spoken. Captioning is important so that deaf and hard of hearing individuals can enjoy and understand dialogue in movies and tv shows just as hearing people do.
Many people know about captioning through sites like Netflix or YouTube. Those are subtitles which are mainly for hearing people because they don't normally show background noise like mentioned before (doors,footsteps, etc.). They also have more languages available, only
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The first two captioning technologies for TV programs happend at the first national conference on television for the hearing impaired in 1971. The captions were only on specific setups for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. On February 15, 1972, at the (then) Gallaudet College, now University; closed captions were used with the usual broadcast of “Mod Squad.” This then led people to view captioning as something that should be pursued and improved. The first ever television program to use open captions was “The French Chef” on PBS. ABC also replayed the news with captions 5 hours after the original airtime. The inconvenience open captions had on hearing people led to the development of closed captions. In 1990 The Americans with Disabilities Act made it mandatory for places such as hospitals, museums, bars, etc. to provide access to spoken information on television, films or slideshows. On January 13, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission also made rules creating requirements for closed captioning programming through the internet. Making it easier for deaf or hard of hearing individuals to have access to important