Articles… Captioning Computer Games 10 Sep 20145 May 2023 This article was originally published in Oct 1998 as a "Gary Robson on Captioning" column for a magazine called Newswaves for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People, which is no longer in…
Closed Captioning Video of my TEDx talk, and a few words about the content 9 May 201431 Jan 2023 Everything always seems to take longer than expected, and when my talk hit YouTube, I was out of town on vacation for a couple of weeks. I'm back now, and…
Articles… Closed Captions, V-Chip, and Other VBI Data 16 Apr 20145 May 2023 I wrote this article in 1999, before the switchover from analog to digital TV. It first appeared in print in the January 2000 issue of Nuts & Volts Magazine. At…
Closed Captioning Behind the scenes: My talk at TEDxBozeman 25 Mar 20145 May 2023 If you don't know what a TED talk is, or you don't know the difference between TED and TEDx, please start by reading my TED post from last November. Okay,…
Closed Captioning TEDx Talk Details. Vague details, but details nonetheless. 14 Mar 201431 Jan 2023 When I first wrote about the talk I'm giving at TEDxBozeman, there wasn't really a lot to say about it. My application had just been accepted. The details weren't nailed…
Articles… Captioning at Disneyland 20 Jan 20145 May 2023 This article was originally published in September 1998 as a “Gary Robson on Captioning” column for a magazine called Newswaves for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People, which is no longer in…
Closed Captioning One for the bucket list: Giving a TED talk 22 Nov 20135 May 2023 My bucket list is an eclectic — and rather lengthy — collection of things. I've crossed some cool stuff off of that list: competing in a rodeo, being profiled in…
Closed Captioning The Start of Online Captioning (realtime text transmission) 1 Jun 20135 May 2023 Closed captioning has been a part of television broadcasting for several decades. For pre-recorded shows, the captions can be added in a studio, carefully typed, proofed, and formatted. In the…
Articles… Captioners: Remembering Your Audience 28 Feb 20125 May 2023 Back in the days before closed captioning was mandated, translated, and legislated, everything was clear and simple: captions were created for deaf and hard-of-hearing (HoH) people. Looking back through the…