Closed captioning now available!
We are proud to offer closed captioning for select training titles in the Online
Training Library®, denoted by the CC graphic. The benefits of closed captioning
are two-fold; it helps those with impaired hearing follow along and also enables
us to provide you with the ability to search the text of the close captioned movies
in our library.
We hope you enjoy this new service, and want you to know that we plan to continue
to expand our closed captioned training title offerings.
What is closed captioning?
Closed captioning is an assistive technology that presents spoken words and sounds
as a text track, or "captions". The term "closed" means that not all viewers see
the captions automatically; closed captions must be activated or enabled. If you've
ever watched a foreign film with subtitles, closed captions are quite similar –
the main difference being that the text shown on screen is the same language that
is being spoken.
Studies have shown that watching films with closed captions enabled can improve
comprehension. It is our hope that by providing closed captions for our training
it will help you gain a deeper understanding of the presented subject matter.
How to activate closed captions
- Select a Closed Captioned Title
Select a title from the list of available training titles that displays the CC graphic
by clicking on the name of the title. You will be taken to the table of contents
page for the title you clicked on. Here's an example of how we indicate if closed
captioning is available for a particular training title:
- Turn Closed Captions On
With titles that provide closed captioning, you'll find a "Turn Closed Captions
on" button displayed above the title's table of contents. If you want closed captioning
to be active, simply click the "on" button.
- Select a Movie
When you select a movie to view after you have turned closed captioning on, the
movie will play in its own window. At the bottom of this movie window, you'll see
a text track appear beneath each tutorial as shown in the graphic below. (Please
Note: The minimum screen resolution required to view close captioning is
1024 by 768. Some monitors may be required to go as high as 1280 by 1024 to view
the entire window. QuickTime 7.0.4
or better is also required.)
How to search closed captions
Another benefit of closed captioning is that you can search the text of the closed
captioned videos. Type the text of what you want to search for into the "Find text
in captions" field and click the "search" button.
You will be presented with all of the occurrences of the text you searched for within
the individual movies of the active title. You will be shown the chapters and the
names of the movies that contain the search term, with links to either view the
movie from its start, or to jump directly to the timecode where the text query is
found within the movie. (Please note: "Jump to Timecodes" are an exclusive benefit
provided for our Online Training Library® subscribers. You must be logged in with
your subscriber user name and password in order to access the Jump to Timecodes.)
