Welcome

Welcome to the CapScribe website!

About CapScribe

We build Open Source software that allows you to quickly and easily add captions and description to your videos, making them accessible to a larger community of users.

We currently have two versions of CapScribe available: the original CapScribe Desktop for Macs and the newly minted CapScribe Web for Firefox. Both editions are continually evolving and expanding so visit the project pages to find out about upcoming features, support, availability, and ways to contribute to this project.

Why Caption?

  1. Captions compensate for noisy backgrounds or where sound isn't allowed.
  2. They provide a solution for poor audio quality
  3. Quickly browse the video by reading the associated text as you drag the controller as the captions are always visible
  4. Everyone can see the correct spellings of people, places, and things.
  5. Catch details that normally slide by unnoticed.
  6. Meet the Web Accessibility guidelines, along with any state, provincial and federal requirements.
  7. Use captioning to provide alternate language tracks
  8. Provide additional support for people who are learning English as a second language.
  9. Make your content fully accessible to people who have hearing loss.
  10. Video on the web can even look better when the captioning is on.

List contributed by Charles Silverman.

News

January 23, 2009 - Happy 25th birthday, Macintosh!
Watch our captioned version of Steve Job's unveiling of the original Mac 128k.
December 09, 2008 - Article in Abilities magazine
Check out our article in the Winter edition of Abilities magazine.
November 19, 2008 - Accessibility Issues and the Current CRTC Hearings
The CRTC is holding a series of hearings beginning Monday, 17 November and going on through the following week, on Unresolved issues related to the accessibility of telecommunications and broadcasting services to persons with disabilities.