What are Closed Captions?
- Closed captions are the text version of the spoken part of the television, movie, or computer presentation. Closed captions can be turned off as an option within some streaming services or with a button on some televisions.
What tools offer closed captions on videos in FCPS?
- ScreenPal, formerly called Screencast-o-matic, is a screen recording tool that offers a way to create captioning for videos.
- Several other video tools offered within FCPS media services have the option to turn on captioning. You can also search for CC enabled videos on some services.
How are closed captions beneficial to all students?
- Research has determined that CC help improve listening comprehension and learning how to read.
- According to Morton Ann Gernsbacher’s article Video Captions Benefit Everyone, “learning to read is a complex process, which requires learning to map sound and meaning to text. Because captions explicitly illustrate mapping among sound, meaning, and text, captions could benefit hearing children learn to read.”