US Accessibility Standards a Boon to Media Localizers and Subtitlers
By Eden Estopace on February 12, 2018. The United States Access Board has updated the Electronic and Information Accessibility Standards covered under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to make public-facing content produced by federal government agencies more accessible to users with disabilities. The revised standards, which took effect on January 18, 2018,...
It’s not just Queer Eye – bad subtitling is a daily problem for deaf viewers
Por Josh Salisbury. Netflix is at least looking into complaints about shoddy captioning, but virtually all on-demand services treat us as lesser customers. The second season of Queer Eye, the show in which five gay men give out well-deserved makeovers, recently hit Netflix. It’s pure heart-warming escapism – hour-long breaks in which the “Fab...