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Live Captioning in Canada
A program research to gain insight into how to improve
the quality of live closed captioning in Canada
User Preferences Research
What constitutes high quality closed captioning of live television programs? The User Preferences Survey Research Project sought to uncover the preferemces of different groups of users for live captioning.
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How is Live Captioning Done?
Captioners face unique challenges when preparing closed captions for live television programs. Watch this short video to find out more about how captioning is done in Canada.
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Preferences Survey Findings
The survey was conducted among respondents from the Deaf, deafened, hard-of-hearing and hearing communities. In total, 550 peple responded to the survey. Fieldwork was carried out between October 2017 and April 2018. The final report was made available to stakeholders in October 2018.
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