--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Gordon Hartig) --- >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) [log in to unmask] writes: >--- Forwarded Message from Michael Bush <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>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 ><[log in to unmask]> >>Importance: Normal > >------------------- >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