I know that there is some grant money out there for educational films
to have CC added but that would not work for a company like ours so
unfortunately there just may be some titles that you can't purchase.
Just to play Devil's advocate, does your library not purchase a book
if it is not also available in braille ?
-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com 212-629-6880> From: Jill Baker <jibaker@sdccd.cc.ca.us> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:34:18 -0700 > To: "'videolib@library.berkeley.edu'" <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: RE: [Videolib] closed captioning on videos > > Jessica, > What about passing the cost on to the customer? If it costs $500 for you to > caption a video, then raise the price by $2 or $3 or even $10 per video and > recoup it that way. I would gladly pay extra to get a captioned video. I > think that others would be willing to do this too. I know it would be an > added burden for the distributors, but more and more of us are being > required to purchase only captioned videos, and your consumer pool will be > shrinking. > Thanks, > Jill Baker > AV Librarian > San Diego Mesa College > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:58 AM > To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] closed captioning on videos > > Well speaking as a small distributor we don't have the money either > Probably 75% of our stuff has sub-titles or intertitles so they don't NEED > to be closed captioned. Still for things like the American Film theatre > titles or other English language films we do have, we don't have the > budget or time to do this. I am sympathetic to the reasons for needing > CC material but there is no way small companies who might sell only > a few hundred or even a few thousand copies can afford to do it. > > I do give permission if anyone wants to add captions to our titles > BUT we don't have a dialogue script for most of them > > Jessica > -- > Jessica Rosner > Kino International > 333 W 39th St. 503 > NY NY 10018 > jrosner@kino.com > 212-629-6880 > >> From: Jill Baker <jibaker@sdccd.cc.ca.us> >> Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 08:30:08 -0700 >> To: "'videolib@library.berkeley.edu'" <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >> Subject: RE: [Videolib] closed captioning on videos >> >> California Community Colleges are under direction from the Chancellor's >> Office to purchase only closed caption videos in order to be in compliance >> with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Therefore, we > must >> purchase only closed captioned videos, or agree to have them captioned out >> of local funds before they are added to the collection at our site. It is >> very hard on the faculty, as they want to purchase videos to augment their >> teaching, and most educational titles are not captioned. Therefore, they >> have to come up with the money to caption, which runs about $6/minute. I > am >> hoping that soon all videos will come with closed captioning, but I think >> that the big institutions will need to take the same stand that the >> California Community Colleges have taken in order to encourage the >> distributors to do this. It has essentially eliminated about 75% of what > we >> would like to buy, because we don't have the money to caption it. I am >> interested in seeing what others have to say on this. >> Thanks, >> Jill Baker >> AV Librarian >> San Diego Mesa College >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu >> [mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Herbert, Rue >> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:53 AM >> To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> Subject: [Videolib] closed captioning on videos >> >> I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has a statement in their video >> collection development policy that addresses in any way the purchse of >> videos with closed captioning. While we always try to purchase the cc >> version (if there is a choice), in some cases titles from smaller, >> independent distributors don't always provide captioning. I've > occasionally >> been surprised at receiving a non-captioned video from large, well known >> distributors. I've been asked to include something in my updated policy, >> and want to be as pro-active as possible while remaining balanced > regarding >> the various campus needs and requirements. >> >> Also, has anyone had experience with the OCmaker from ClosedCaption Maker? >> This product provides a method for producing open captions for VHS tapes, >> and indicates being particularly appropriate for existing Library VHS >> collections. >> >> Thank you in advance for any input you might have. >> >> Rue >> >> Rue M. 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