Closed Captioning for the Visually Impaired
Watching movies at home on my small 19in. TV causes me to have a hard time understanding what the people are saying. Even though it’s probably not true, I’m convinced that the larger the screen, the better I’ll be able to hear what is going on. Somehow I’m never able to pitch that idea with much success to my wife when we pass by a Circuit City or Best Buy. Hence the fact that we still have a 19in. TV.
Anyway, to my point, when I can’t understand what’s going on in a DVD, I’ll rewind and flip on the subtitles, so I can read along with what the actors are saying. This is great because I am now able to grasp the dialog, but the maddening thing about subtitles is that when they’re on, I can’t get myself to stop reading them, even when they’re not needed. I somehow feel compelled to read what’s there, and I’m silently making mental notes to myself of when the subtitles and the dialog of the actors don’t actually match. Eventually, I turn off the subtitles so I can focus on the movie again, and then I switch back to worrying that I’m not going to “get it” when I don’t fully understand something that is said. Man, I need a bigger TV …
