But do you ever put your TV on mute and watch the closed-captions? On the major networks, they’re accurate, spelled correctly, etc. But on many of the others, they’re meaningless strings of letters, like some weird foreign language. I guess deaf people simply don’t watch those shows.
Watching an interview in the early days of CC. the interviewee stated something about the participants and it came out on the screen as poor piss pants. I wasn’t sure then or now whether the typist actually did that on purpose to see if anyone was paying attention.
Did you know that Blu-ray players don’t do CC? Sadly, we found this out after my Dad had spent big bucks for a new system…. HDMI cables don’t carry that part of the signal at all, and if you go back to analog cables, it still won’t work because Blu-ray doesn’t transmit all the signal anyway…..Boy was he pissed.
rhmaustin over 12 years ago
But do you ever put your TV on mute and watch the closed-captions? On the major networks, they’re accurate, spelled correctly, etc. But on many of the others, they’re meaningless strings of letters, like some weird foreign language. I guess deaf people simply don’t watch those shows.
Arianne over 12 years ago
Good one, Dave! :ↁ How many seniors have had hi-deaf for years, and never knew it?
Bob. over 12 years ago
I can “hear” fine. Just can’t understand the words
J Short over 12 years ago
I don’t think that’s the right deaf-inition
philyfanstukinmi over 12 years ago
Watching an interview in the early days of CC. the interviewee stated something about the participants and it came out on the screen as poor piss pants. I wasn’t sure then or now whether the typist actually did that on purpose to see if anyone was paying attention.
V-Beast over 12 years ago
teenagers and old people. The radio is cranked up loud because teenagers like it loud or because old people need it loud.
jtviper7 over 12 years ago
I must have lost most hearing in the 60’s… But then I can’t remember the 60’s.
REDROCKER51 over 12 years ago
groan…LOL
srray over 12 years ago
Did you know that Blu-ray players don’t do CC? Sadly, we found this out after my Dad had spent big bucks for a new system…. HDMI cables don’t carry that part of the signal at all, and if you go back to analog cables, it still won’t work because Blu-ray doesn’t transmit all the signal anyway…..Boy was he pissed.