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Sean Zdenek

soundwriting, visual design, inclusive media, rhetoric

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  • Accessible Podcasting
    • Introduction
    • Limiting Access: Technical access in the Podcasting Bible
    • “On the Fly” Podcasting
    • Podcasting 2.0: Towards an accessible Web
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  • Captioning
    • Data Mining
    • Definitions
    • Manner of speaking
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Tag: Futurama

The power of dots and dashes to tell the future

Posted on March 6, 2012August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
A frame from Apollo 18 showing Nate being pulled into a moon crater.

Sometimes, punctuation in captions can provide important clues about what’s going to happen, regardless of how well or poorly timed the captions are.

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Posted in Captioning, TimingTagged 30 Rock, Apollo 18, Curt Smith, dash, ellipsis, Futurama, Liam Neeson, Psyche, punctuation, Taken, Tears For Fears, Zoidberg

Captioned hypnosis

Posted on November 4, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
Futurama's The Hypnotoad

Recurring sounds on TV shows allow us to explore questions of consistency and accuracy in closed captioning. Consider the Hypnotoad as a compelling case study.

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Posted in Captioning, Non-SpeechTagged Futurama, Hypnotoad9 Comments on Captioned hypnosis

Closed captioners don’t caption sounds.

Posted on October 28, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
A sound wave of the mystery sound file associated with this blog post.

Captioners make meaning. They caption programs. They don’t caption sounds.

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Posted in Captioning, Non-SpeechTagged Futurama, Hypnotoad

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