Q - Closed captions or open, and why? - Jeff Frick
A - Closed captions are always the best option and here’s why. It lets the viewer be in control - Meryl Evans
With open or burned-in caption, nothing changes. Meryl Evans
Put your viewer, listener, reader, consumer, customer, audience, fans, students, etc. FIRST. Let them decide on the format that best suits them.
Turns out most playback platforms provide a wide range of viewer options, powered by the SRT file.
Viewer, Reader, Listener choice is best
Such an interesting conversation with Meryl
Meryl’s complete guide to captioned videos
https://meryl.net/captioned-videos-complete-guide/
🦻 Meryl Evans, CPACC (deaf): Captions, Clean, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick, Ep35
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Viewer, Reader, Listener choice is best