Closed Captions

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I would like to say that your videos are great and very informative.  Is there any way to add closed captioning or subtitles (by option) to your videos?  The reason I am asking is because my father is deaf and is a hunter.  I showed him your videos and he said that he would like to know what you are saying.  He also has several friends who hunt and are deaf and they would like to enjoy your videos as well.  Thanks for taking the time to read this.  I hope you will consider this for the deaf community.

God bless,

Scotty

Scotty,

Thanks for your note!  My father has very impaired hearing, so I’m very concerned about accommodating folks with total or significant hearing loss.  I don’t know much about providing closed-captions.  However, we will very soon begin including a transcript of each episode of GrowingDeer.tv directly under the video screen.  The transcripts will take a week or two after each episode is released to appear as we film and publish within a few days – literally.  It is what we call semi-live.

Our web developer is trying to create a situation where the transcript can be scrolled by the user to match the speed of the video.  We simply don’t know how well this will work at this time, but it is what we can accomplish within our budget and skill set.

I hope this change to GrowingDeer.tv benefits your father and his friends.

Growing Deer together,

Grant