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Author Downey, Gregory John.

Title Closed captioning : subtitling, stenography, and the digital convergence of text with television / Gregory J. Downey
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-379) and index
Notes English
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Subject Speech-to-text systems.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Television & Video.
Speech-to-text systems
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780801893438
0801893437