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Sean Zdenek

soundwriting, visual design, inclusive media, rhetoric

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  • Book website
  • Accessible Podcasting
    • Introduction
    • Limiting Access: Technical access in the Podcasting Bible
    • “On the Fly” Podcasting
    • Podcasting 2.0: Towards an accessible Web
    • References
  • Captioning
    • Data Mining
    • Definitions
    • Manner of speaking
    • Music
    • Non-Speech
    • Speaker IDs
    • Timing
    • Visual Design
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Category: Humor

Captioned puns and wordplay

Posted on April 14, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
A screenshot from Bicentennial Man (1999) starring Robin Williams

In the case of captioned wordplay, the difference between writing and speaking, text and sound, is obvious. What works in speech doesn’t work — or works differently — on the caption layer.

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Posted in Captioning, HumorTagged Bicentennial Man, Robin Williams, Wordplay

[Groan] or Ahh? Series awareness and alternative captions

Posted on February 26, 2011March 20, 2020 by Sean Zdenek
Peter grabbing his knee in pain from an episode of Family Guy

Should a running gag be captioned the same way each time it occurs?

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Posted in Captioning, Humor, Non-SpeechTagged Family Guy, Hurt Knee, Meme2 Comments on [Groan] or Ahh? Series awareness and alternative captions

Zoom Zoom: Selling caption space

Posted on January 30, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
A screenshot from Knowing (2008) showing a parody caption: "zoom-zoom"

What if closed captions were bought and sold as a form of product placement?

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Posted in Captioning, Humor, Non-SpeechTagged Boniva, Knowing, Marketing, Mazda, Nicolas Cage, Zoom Zoom1 Comment on Zoom Zoom: Selling caption space

The ultimate guide to closed captioning

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Winner: 2017 Best Book in Technical and Scientific Communication, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

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