I see this again and again the lack of captions in videos by organizations that serve the deaf and hard of hearing community, and even for parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. The lack of captions or subtitles is actually quite prevalent which makes the whole situation an awkward oxymoron of sorts. You'd half expect a transcript be available if captions or subtitles aren't available but that end up missing, too. Really, for an organization, how hard can it be to include captions? For any organizations worth its salt would have the common sense and smarts to make sure all of their videos are captioned.
Why do some deaf/hh run organizations cannot include captions or subtitles in their own videos in their effort to get the message out? There is NO TRUTH at all for a non-captioned (and no transcript) video in getting the message out to the larger society who either cannot hear well to understand the spoken words completely or do not know or have trouble following sign language. If an organization want to build a bridge make sure the span crosses completely the communication chasm by including captions and/or transcripts (must remember the deaf/blind people out there, too!). By not including captions/subtitles the message will simply spin on its own going nowhere. It'd be even worse if the message only stayed within a certain deaf/hh community when the intent was to get the message out. How can that happen if videos are not inaccessible to the majority of the population? Why practice hypocrisy and commit the same communication oppression?
Bottom line, organizations that serve deaf and hard of hearing community have a better chance in getting the message out if their videos are captioned. Otherwise your "truth" will simply go nowhere. A wasted time and effort.
Why do some deaf/hh run organizations cannot include captions or subtitles in their own videos in their effort to get the message out? There is NO TRUTH at all for a non-captioned (and no transcript) video in getting the message out to the larger society who either cannot hear well to understand the spoken words completely or do not know or have trouble following sign language. If an organization want to build a bridge make sure the span crosses completely the communication chasm by including captions and/or transcripts (must remember the deaf/blind people out there, too!). By not including captions/subtitles the message will simply spin on its own going nowhere. It'd be even worse if the message only stayed within a certain deaf/hh community when the intent was to get the message out. How can that happen if videos are not inaccessible to the majority of the population? Why practice hypocrisy and commit the same communication oppression?
Bottom line, organizations that serve deaf and hard of hearing community have a better chance in getting the message out if their videos are captioned. Otherwise your "truth" will simply go nowhere. A wasted time and effort.