Marlee Matlin, during an interview with ABC on the red carpet of the Academy Awards (Oscars) on Sunday night, announced that the Academy would award an Oscar for all closed captioning technology in an “Academy Award of Merit.”
A new push is underway to bring open captions to movie theaters across New York State. While subtitles or captions are common when watching movies at home, they are rarely available in public theaters, which poses a challenge for the…
This is the moment a deaf girl tried on a pair of high-tech, $1,500 glasses, which allow her to “see” conversations in real time. Kendyl Pool was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used…
Caption Companion is an 8-inch tablet-style device that offers, free, unlimited, fast, and accurate real-time AI captioning No account. No sign-up. No subscription. Not even an internet connection is required. Captioning can also appear on existing devices or screens. Caption…
Captioned Telephone Service (CTS) is a service that allows people with hearing loss to make and receive phone calls by displaying captions of what the other person is saying in real time. CTS uses a special telephone with a text…
For a person with hearing loss, a room full of people talking all at once can be a nightmare scenario. Even with hearing aids, it’s often difficult to hear the one person speaking right in front of you. Nirbhay Narang…
