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  • F.A.Q: Closed Captioning

    This group addresses questions about closed captioning features for Windows Media and Real Player plugins.

    1. Is closed captioning available with the videos here?
    2. How do I enable the closed captioning features in Windows Media and Real Player?
    1. Is closed captioning available with the videos here? - Top

    Closed captioning is only available for Windows Media at this time and is not currently available in all existing streaming media.

    Starting September 27, 2005, closed captioning will be available in all Windows Media streaming content. - Updated: September 30, 2005
    2. How do I enable the closed captioning features in Windows Media and Real Player? - Top

    For Windows Media, choose one of the following based on your version of Windows Media:

    Windows Media 10:

    From the Tools/Options Dialog:
    1. Select Options in the Tools Menu. This opens the Options Dialog.
    2. Click the Security Tab.
    3. Enable the "Show local captions when present" option.
    4. Click OK.

    From the Play Menu:
    1. Open the Captions and Subtitles submenu of the Play Menu.
    2. Click On if Available.

    Windows Media Player 9.x: Click on Play, then click on Captions and Subtitles, and click On if Available. Captions appear below the video
    portion of Windows Media Video files. Player performance may degrade when displaying captions on computers with limited video memory. If the Windows accessibility feature ShowSounds is turned on, the Player captions feature is turned on by default.

    Windows Media Player 7.x: Click on the view menu, then click Now Playing Tools, and click Captions.

    Windows Media Player 6.4: Click on the View menu, click Captions, if it is available. To turn captioning off, click Captions again. Note: When captioning is turned on, the player window is expanded vertically, allowing space below the video area for the captioning text. However, the size of the video may decrease.

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    For Real Player, choose one of the following based on your version of Real Player:

    RealOne - From the main menu, select Tools + Preferences + Content (left menu): Use supplemental text captioning when available

    RealPlayer 8 - From the main menu, select View + Preferences + Content Settings: Use accessibility features when available

    RealPlayer 7 - From the main menu, select View + Preferences + Content: Enable optional caption

    RealPlayer G2 - From the main menu, select View + Preferences + Content Accessibility + Settings: Use accessibility features when available + Show captions

    [NOTE: Not all videos contain captions at this time. The videos that will have captioning will be marked as such.] - Updated: September 29, 2005

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