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It reminds me of the surprisingly-high proportion of content available without subtitles/captions. It's 2017 and plenty of people are deaf, and yet the BBC, Net

It reminds me of the surprisingly-high proportion of content available without subtitles/captions. It's 2017 and plenty of people are deaf, and yet the BBC, Netflix, Amazon, etc. regularly pretend this section of their audience doesn't exist. My guess is that is an instance of poor diversity within the team that set the early direction for YouTube. Maybe a team with a higher proportion of parents respresented might have made different decisions.

EADGBE 9y ago
I'm sure it's just more hours to them; on something they're trying to get out the door yesterday.
- richmarr 9y ago
  I take your point that they're time constrained, but I dispute the implication that a differently proportioned team may make different decisions. That's an assumption that goes against the balance of evidence.
mmierz 9y ago
I can't comment on BBC, but I can't remember the last time I watched something on netflix or amazon that had missing subtitles.
- bmsleight_ 9y ago
  BBC Live Subtitles are available on all channels apart from BBC Parliament, BBC Alba and S4C. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/using_subtitles https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/using_subtitles Most of the programmes on BBC iPlayer now have the option to turn subtitles on. I think a very rare, old, program that does not have it. As the standards state MUST http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/subtitles/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/subtitles/ The standards are clear. 4.1. Full-length scheduled programmes and their associated broadcast subtitles MUST be made available online through iPlayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/subtitling.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/su...
leggomylibro 9y ago
I'm not sure what you mean? Netflix got sued for not following the ADA over that exact issue, and it looks like they came into compliance years ago after settling and landing on a captioning framework with the National Association for the Deaf. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/web/netflix-subtitles-settlement/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/web/netflix-subtitles-set...
- MichaelGG 9y ago
  I regularly find stuff on Netflix that is only subtitled in a language not spoken in the movie. It's very frustrating. Combined with Netflix's increasingly shitty catalog and I'm sure I should cancel.
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ascorbic 9y ago
Not sure where you get the information about the BBC, but all of the shows on its main channels are available with subtitles.
- richmarr 9y ago
  Channels... I remember those.
gcgggfxsdg 9y ago
Go away. I already have to endure having my ears blasted away at 6 in the morning by the self-checkout machine thanks to deaf people.

EADGBE 9y ago

I'm sure it's just more hours to them; on something they're trying to get out the door yesterday.

richmarr 9y ago
I take your point that they're time constrained, but I dispute the implication that a differently proportioned team may make different decisions. That's an assumption that goes against the balance of evidence.

mmierz 9y ago

I can't comment on BBC, but I can't remember the last time I watched something on netflix or amazon that had missing subtitles.

bmsleight_ 9y ago
BBC Live Subtitles are available on all channels apart from BBC Parliament, BBC Alba and S4C. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/using_subtitles https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/using_subtitles Most of the programmes on BBC iPlayer now have the option to turn subtitles on. I think a very rare, old, program that does not have it. As the standards state MUST http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/subtitles/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/subtitles/ The standards are clear. 4.1. Full-length scheduled programmes and their associated broadcast subtitles MUST be made available online through iPlayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/subtitling.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/su...

leggomylibro 9y ago

I'm not sure what you mean? Netflix got sued for not following the ADA over that exact issue, and it looks like they came into compliance years ago after settling and landing on a captioning framework with the National Association for the Deaf. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/web/netflix-subtitles-settlement/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/web/netflix-subtitles-set...

MichaelGG 9y ago
I regularly find stuff on Netflix that is only subtitled in a language not spoken in the movie. It's very frustrating. Combined with Netflix's increasingly shitty catalog and I'm sure I should cancel.

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ascorbic 9y ago

Not sure where you get the information about the BBC, but all of the shows on its main channels are available with subtitles.

richmarr 9y ago
Channels... I remember those.

gcgggfxsdg 9y ago

Go away. I already have to endure having my ears blasted away at 6 in the morning by the self-checkout machine thanks to deaf people.