Last post Thu, Jun 26 2008 9:16 AM by nanal. 13 replies.
I have been doing the CC for a while now. It's either that or I would have the TV so loud the rest of the family could listen from the neghbors house. What I have noticed though is that some TV/DVD player combinations don't always work right. One TV set we have plays the CC regardless of which DVD player is connected. The other TV only displays CC from the TV when it's the TV only. Of course more and more titles on DVD are providing CC for HOH directly on the media but there are still so many that do not.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed this. I am wondering why there isn't more conformance to a standard for the deaf or HOH.
Comments?
iwonder that too. Indepent movies don't seem to hav captions which bugs me cause aren't almovies suppoused to have captonsbecause of the ADA Act?
I find the independent television stations are less likely to conform to CC standards, and some of these stations never seem to have closed captioning.
I have closed captioning on no matter what I watch. I can't hear at all. I know some who have gotten an item called Tv Ears. They are for people who have that problem of blasting it so loud that it makes the others listening to nuts. The Tv ears you put them on and its like your own private surround sound from what I've been told. They are a bit on the expensive side, and they are rechargable. When you are not using them, you put them back on the base to charge. At christmas time I bought them for my grandpa, he's 82 and suddenly having a lot of hearing problems. So the ones who could hear could listen at a comfortable volume and he just has his tv ears on and everyone is happy.This is the website I bought them off of, and also they have other helpful devices. May be something to look into. http://www.tvears.com/
When your on the site, click on the bottom row where it says "What is TV ears" more options will become available when you choose that.
Hope this helps.
mocragifts: I find the independent television stations are less likely to conform to CC standards, and some of these stations never seem to have closed captioning.
Independent TV stations are geenrally the non-profit "PBS" and local access non-profit stations with limited budgets. It is not the ADA but rather FCC rules taht have exempted them from required cc. Most PBS sattions I seen do have cc; it is generally the local access stations that do not.
As for movies, yes there are many that do not have cc or subtitles.. and frustrates me to no end!! I usually end up turiong up the volume or just returnign the movie (I rent them) with out watching the whole thing.
I have hearing loss due to my scleroderma (inflammation), although I am not deaf. I too have noticed the difference in what providers give in CC, at least here in my state in the US. Also, DVD players do not seem to work too well for me, but I'm not very technical.
I have now tried the TV ears, and they were $49 at Radio Shack, and work really well. Previously, if my husband and I wanted to watch anything together, either I could not hear it or he would be blasted with sound. Now we are in harmony on this again. [And I am sure the neighbors appreciate it.]
Hondo I do know many who are hard of hearing have gotten those TV ears and they are quite pleased. You can turn it up as load as you want.
To DFHOH, I know my TV I can hit mute and closed captioning automatically starts typing on the screen. I don't know if it's about the TV, what company you have or what. I know it's frustrating to me at times too. I have gone to watch a movie playing in town and even though I can read lips concentrating that hard on reading lips kind of gets me lost in all the other aspects you can get from it when it's just closed captioning. I know I cannot go to the FCC and demand they make CC more widely available. I just will wait until stuff comes out on video. It's just a different way of enjoying things. Knowing I can't hear I don't have the TV on, or the Radio like some. When I want to watch something, I have to be in front of it with the CC. All we can do is the best we can with what we have. I know my Grandfather has very poor hearing now, it comes with his age, so we got him TV ears, and it's great. He doesn't have to blast the other people out of the room.So whatever aids we need to use I say do it.
Thanks Shelley,
I guess what I was really going for though was the electronic and FCC standards as they apply to closed captioning. I was also wondering, as I imagine many of us do from time to time, is it just me? Thankfully after the response from this and other threads would indicate that I have plenty of company. I realize that CC is great and has come a long way but there is still a ways to go.
Have you ever noticed that you can get cheap DVD's at wallyworld but the captioning is in Korean or Spanish?
Steve
I agree that things have come alone way. Products are always being improved and new idea's are always discovered on how to work some thing better. I understand now what you were getting at. I think a lot of people do not take into consideration how simple a device may be for those invent it. However, when you rely on those devices and products to further your ability to be able to enjoy something just like every one else I think it should be taken more seriouly and not put on the back burner.I don't go to wally worlk lol. I'm in a very small town and for me to go to wally world I'd have to drive about an hour. So I just have never understood the big hype about Walmart. My husband and I order off Netflix a lot. You can have a list of your preferences and when movies come out on DVD finally it's nice to be able to get it, and not worry about watching it in one night. Some times we keep some for weeks before finally watching them, and it's nice to not have to pay to ship the DVD's back.
While i have a 75% loss in left ear, and a 50% loss in the right. Most of my hearing loss came from leaning on a loud speaker, which was supposed to be dead, at a rock concert. In my twenties. It took a number of years for me to discover how bad it was. I read lips more than I thought I did. My eldest daughter recently gave me a DVD player which has transformed my movie experience. I have to go to Root Menu, then click on subtitles, or languages. Otherwise renting a DVD is a waste of time. I have found that if I go to programming (on my old TV, the square button in the middle of the volume/channel control) and then pick CC1 for text, and CC1 for closed caption, it seems to work. Some hotels have gotten smart and actually have a closed caption button on the TV. Otherwise, I have to call down to the front desk to ask for instructions. Since I cant hear the answer (hate most hotel phones), I have to have someone come up and set it for me. Lots of "can you please speak more slowly, can you please speak up" going on. Since I travel a lot for my job, dealing with the closed caption problem on the TV is very annoying.
the real problem for me is that now I work in a cubicle. Which means that i can't use the speaker phone, a real serious problem for me. My hearing aids are SUPPOSED to be programmed for phones. which they are not.
Conformance to Deaf Standards is defnitely lacking. Helen
My husband has hearing aids and has been using CC for quite awhile. I have grown to love it. I spend the evenings computer gaming on World of Warcraft, so I really don't pay attention to the TV. This means I have a lot of "huh?" moments when something is on.
However, as someone with a degree in English, I have a lot of "ARRGH!!!! SMACK THEM WITH A STICK!!!!" moments when I see typos (which I can forgive) or misspellings. A number of shows seem to be retaining some sort of "typed live" captioning where someone just typed what they thought they heard and nobody checked to see if the words were correct. It was SO bad on "Mythbusters" that I wrote to PBS and griped.
Mel,LOL I like you already, that's great, yeah closed captioning has it's ooopses a lot. The ones who use it all the time sure spot when it's a good one vs. a bad one. There are times I can be cleaning or something and I can take a break or glance at the tv and there are music notes going across the screen when it's clear they have no idea what to type lol.Doesn't watch Mythbusters but has heard plenty about it.
You'll have to let us know if you get a response. Shelley
hondo i have noticed that...but haven't really given it much thought because i can still hear about 30% of what is said in my left ear,if i am facing the person,but can hear nothing in my right ear...i don't use cc because mostly when i have everyone else starts to complain about the writting on the screen,so i just catch what i can nfigure out the rest lol.i have checked with my doctor,but he can't do anything since i go to the va n my hearing loss is not service connected sure as heck can't afford to get insurance lol.
well at any rate good luck in ur inquire...n live to know that some day someone will invent something that everyone will be happy with n will help all that need it.
