Despite the fact that many people may think Closed Captioning is beneficial to the Deaf community and is fully inclusive when it comes to watching videos or movies, that is not always the case. Closed Captioning has evolved quite extensively over the years, but even with that growth and development Deaf people have found themselves fighting for better captioning service. Even around 1980, when the National Captioning Institute sold special decoders for Closed Captioning, there was not nearly enough being sold to satisfy Deaf people. As well, broadcasters did not want to caption more if decoders were not being sold; Deaf people and those with hearing loss, however, did not want to buy decoders unless more captioning was available. There were more hearing people at the time who were buying decoders than Deaf people.
This timeline shows the advancements over the years, but there is still a long way to go before captioning will be completely beneficial to the Deaf community.
This timeline shows the advancements over the years, but there is still a long way to go before captioning will be completely beneficial to the Deaf community.