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TV background music overpowers the speaker. Why do they do this?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 30, 2020 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
The caption apparatus I refer to is at a theater where they have recliner seats, and the apparatus fits or mounts to the cup holder with a flexible cable so you can actually have the caption device positioned directly in front of your face with it positioned just below your view of the screen. It's really a wonderful thing for me. Speaking of captions, there is the situation on the TV news or any live show where the captions lag so far behind the actual spoken words. I look for the day when the captions can keep up with the spoken word on live shows. Btw, the captioning is done by court reporters, of which I was a court reporter for my entire working career.
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That movie caption system is called Captiview. I agree, it works great. Sony has also created some 'glasses' that provide captions. I've only tried them at a booth at an HLAA convention, but they worked quite well. We have captioning for our HLAA Chapter meetings that is provided by a court reporter who primarily does Computer Assisted Realtime Tranlation (CART). It's verbatim. She does an excellent job. How interesting that court reporting was your profession....then you definitely know what a specialized skill that is! We wish that more court reporters would get certified to provide CART. It is considered a reasonable accommodation by the Americans with Disabilities Act. But, it is difficult to find a provider. HLAA has been using court reporters at its national conventions since the early 90s. Has been fun to watch the progression. Hey, I would not even attend a movie that didn't provide the Captiview device. 🙂