Why Captions Provide Equal Access
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Useful For: Disability Services Professionals, New Users, Parents, Teachers
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals, New Users, Parents, Teachers
Captions are the textual representation of audio content in a video format, communicating spoken dialogue, sound effects, and speaker identification. Captions provide essential access for the more than 30 million Americans with a hearing loss. They also benefit emerging readers, visual learners, non-native speakers, and many others.