Thread: Electronic Close Caption, exists?

Most of us use and know about EPG Electronic Programming Guide in were you download via internet or from your satellite but what about Electronic Close Caption, with this we virtually will be able to watch any channel with our desired language, for example those channels in 97°W that are not in english could have Electronic Closed Caption so we non Arabs, Russians, Etc. could read in english/spanish/french or any other language this channels.

In USA it is mostly a limited choice. SAP and CC are in Spanish. Many FTA receivers don't do CC. However, ProgDVB does a pretty good job for those that use a USB or PCI card.

Closed Caption is great for a TVG unit.

TVG checks the caption for foul language.
When it finds bad language; cuts the sound out.


Some of us hate bad language.

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Originally Posted by 1ADAM12

In USA it is mostly a limited choice. SAP and CC are in Spanish. Many FTA receivers don't do CC. However, ProgDVB does a pretty good job for those that use a USB or PCI card.

Uhm... it is my understanding that by law it's required for every channel to have CC for any new programming they air, and it's mostly in english, just a few channels have it in spanish, this to help people with hearing disabilities. So far i have not found a single FTA that doesn't do CC but they might exist, specially those imported from places where it's not used so Line 21 it's not displayed altogether.

M.

Just my two cents, CNX DUO does CC, Coolsat 5000 does NOT.

But we digress, what has CC got to do with EPG?

Photto

yes it does exist , most receivers support it and a lot of channels use it as well , but remember that unlike a pay tv STB like Bell or DN you have to turn CC on your TV menu as well. for us using either component or HDMI cables then there is no way to use CC unless we use Composite A/V or the modulated ch3/4 coaxial output.

In general it uses the same language that the audio carrier has, as it is intended as an option for the hearing impaired. Mandatory for new programming in NA BTW. Only some ABC Prime Time shows show also other language CC (Spanish in this case).

Most CC is passed to video out with FTA channels, no? You can set your tv to CC1 and see the captions. Some HDTV STBs have the option to display CC, just in case your tv doesn't display it. DW-TV has no CC.

Originally Posted by Mikhel

Uhm... it is my understanding that by law it's required for every channel to have CC for any new programming they air, and it's mostly in english, just a few channels have it in spanish, this to help people with hearing disabilities. So far i have not found a single FTA that doesn't do CC but they might exist, specially those imported from places where it's not used so Line 21 it's not displayed altogether.

M.

ERRRM ...no, OP was talking about CC in languages like Russian, Arab, German ala carte. CC was originally intended for the hearing impaired and the Ball Institute was the base source of this service for many years. The broadcasters in my area support Spanish because of the large populus of people hear that use it. It is a great ESL tool for those using it to learn English.

It sounds to me like the OP was talking about something where the caption is a different language than the audio.

I would be pleased if Spanish language channels could have English captions.