![A frame from Prophecy 3: The Ascent featuring a cityscape at night and the closed caption: [SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]](https://seanzdenek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Prophecy3-SirensWailingInDistance-500x250.jpg)
January 7, 2016
Do sirens always wail?
How often are sirens described as wailing in closed captioning? What else do sirens do in closed captioning other than wail? Does it matter?
Access, sound, captioning, film/media. Sean Zdenek is an associate professor of technical and professional writing at the University of Delaware. His book, Reading Sounds: Closed-Captioned Media and Popular Culture, won the 2017 award for best book in technical or scientific communication from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). He teaches technical writing, web accessibility, disability studies, sound studies, and AI literacy.