Finally! Captioning for TV news in Singapore!
Thoughts and comments welcome! Me, I am happy!!!
Finally, I can watch the news for more than just the moving pictures and puzzling over their meaning. I thought this day would never come.
Am awaiting the official press release and media coverage.
Below is the one sent to SADeaf, I believe.
MEDIACORP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FROM 25 SEPTEMBER 2006, TV VIEWERS WILL BE ABLE TO READ WHAT THE NEWS PRESENTER IS SAYING.
The captions which are the scripts for prepared news stories, will appear at the same time as the presenter reads the news. We have introduced the captioning service, provided with the support of the Media Development Authority (MDA), in response to requests from the general public and the deaf community. English news will kick off the captioning service on 25 September with the 9:30pm news bulletin on Channel 5. Chinese news at 10pm on Channel 8 and Malay news at 8pm on Suria will introduce captions later in December 2006. We are still exploring options for captions on Tamil news.
wowoooooo!!!! me too!! cheers to those people who have made it happen!!
Comment by andre — September 7, 2006 @ 10:21 am
Hooray! :)
Comment by Dictatorial Editor — September 7, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
finalllyyyyyy!
Comment by starmist — September 7, 2006 @ 9:45 pm