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>Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:02:46 -0500
>Subject: Re(2): #4864.2 subtitles (!)
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: [log in to unmask] (Gordon Hartig)

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>>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:06:59 -0700
>>From: Michael Bush <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: RE: #4864 subtitles
>>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>>Importance: Normal
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>Most new televisions today in the US display close-captioning without the
>need for any additional hardware.
>
>Mike
>Michael Bush
>Associate Professor of French and
>Instructional Psychology and Technology
>http://moliere.byu.edu/digital/
>

According to one of our ESL students who researched this matter because he
was interested in watching videotapes of newscasts with close-captioning,
this is true for larger TVs but not for smaller ones.   But what
experiences do LLTI subscribers have with close-captioning on videotapes
and multi-media monitors in a lab setting?

Gordon Hartig
Language Lab Coordinator
Middlesex Community College
33 Kearney Square
Lowell MA  01852
(978) 656-3358