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What is captioning

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Updated January 19, 2008

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Question: What is captioning
Answer: Captioning lets deaf and hard of hearing people know what is being said. This is done by placing words on the medium. There are two types of captioning: open captions and closed captions. Captions can be placed on:
  • video
  • television
  • movies
  • web video

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