MAIMOM Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I have a friend that just asked me about curriculum with closed captioning for hearing impaired. I told her I had no idea but knew where we could ask. Do any of you know of any curriculum with closed captioning? I am thinking she is meaning an online boxed type curriculum. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Coursera has captions, but they aren't very reliable. I wouldn't know about anything else. We mostly work from books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I don't understand the question. Most boxed curriculum utilize written materials. Does she mean an online or virtual school? Or does she mean videos that you might use to supplement? Many videos do have closed captions. So does Netflix. And as Rosie mentioned, Coursera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Mystery science does not have captions. We don't use too many videos but we do use closed captioning when possible as my son is deaf. A good resource for your friend for supplemental videos could be the Described and Captioned Media Program. Their website is dcmp.org and it is totally free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIMOM Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Thanks for the info. I will pass it on........She is also wondering if the online monarch course by AOP has closed captioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hello, I'm deaf myself; and no, there aren't any boxed or online curriculum packages that include closed-captioning. I have looked for one for years. But the only way to know for sure is to contact the curriculum providers and ask them directly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Captioning isn't cheap to do and isn't going to be financially worthwhile for small providers like homeschooling curric producers, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) I can "caption" (transcribe in real time) special events, lectures, even field trips, etc. in some situations if your friend has anything like that in mind. The user reads on a tablet or laptop while I'm typing what's being said. It's what I do for work. I mostly work for high schools and colleges and I've been doing it for more than seven years. Users just need a mobile device, Skype, a WiFi connection and a mic for the speaker is nice, too, although not always necessary. I don't do captioning for videos though because, as Rosie said, it'd cost the user too much. It takes me four times the length of a video to transcribe it word for word and then another while to put the captions on the video correctly That'd be a *minimum* of $160-$200 for a one-hour video. Edited July 18, 2016 by milovany 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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