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Turn on the words! : deaf audiences, captions, and the long struggle for access / Harry G. Lang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Description: xxiv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781944838843
  • 1944838848
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Turn on the words!DDC classification:
  • 777/.55 23
LOC classification:
  • TR886.9 .L34 2021
Contents:
The golden era -- The pioneers -- Captioned films for the deaf -- Obtaining federal support: public law 85-905 -- The captioning program begins -- A terrific start -- The Ball State workshops -- The captioning program expands -- A clamoring demand -- The captioning program evolves -- The battle for captioned television -- Winds of change: Bill Stark and a new role for the National Association of the Deaf -- The promise of movie theater captioning -- New horizons -- The battles for access continue -- Spotlight on technology for educational films -- Epilogue the enigma of cultural awareness.
Summary: "The evolution of Captioned Films for the Deaf (CFD) program is a primary focus of the book. Topics such as movie theater captioning and closed captioned television are also featured, as well as the role played by deaf community activists to improve access via captions"--
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Book Book Richfield Campus Library Richfield Campus - Main Book Collection TR886.9 .L34 2021 1 Available 34230000163462
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The golden era -- The pioneers -- Captioned films for the deaf -- Obtaining federal support: public law 85-905 -- The captioning program begins -- A terrific start -- The Ball State workshops -- The captioning program expands -- A clamoring demand -- The captioning program evolves -- The battle for captioned television -- Winds of change: Bill Stark and a new role for the National Association of the Deaf -- The promise of movie theater captioning -- New horizons -- The battles for access continue -- Spotlight on technology for educational films -- Epilogue the enigma of cultural awareness.

"The evolution of Captioned Films for the Deaf (CFD) program is a primary focus of the book. Topics such as movie theater captioning and closed captioned television are also featured, as well as the role played by deaf community activists to improve access via captions"--

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