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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456565903321

Autore

Downey Gregory John

Titolo

Closed captioning [[electronic resource] ] : subtitling, stenography, and the digital convergence of text with television / / Gregory J. Downey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8018-9343-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology

Disciplina

384.55/6

Soggetti

Speech-to-text systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-379) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Invisible speech-to-text systems -- pt. 1. Turning speech into text in three different contexts -- Subtitling film for the cinema audience -- Captioning television for the deaf population -- Stenographic reporting for the court system -- pt. 2. Convergence in the speech-to-text industry -- Realtime captioning for news, education, and the court -- Public interest, market failure, and captioning regulation -- Privatized geographies of captioning and court reporting -- Conclusion: The value of turning speech into text.