The basis of this website is that quality captions matter to millions more people than is generally understood. Whether you or someone you know is a deaf or hard of hearing viewer, a member of a gym who uses television to pass time on the treadmill, a patron at a noisy bar interested in knowing more than the score of the game on television, a parent of a child learning to read, or a student of English as a second language, captions matter.   Doesn’t someone in your life deserve quality captions?

Captions matter because captions are…

• Free to viewers of television and the Internet.
• Accessible to individuals living in nearly every household in the United States.
• Professionally produced in the US by highly skilled stenographers and offline captioners.  Stenographers transcribe the audio portion of a live program as it is being aired and send the captions across the country in seconds.  Offline captioners transcribe prerecorded programming with 100% accuracy before it airs. 
• An essential service for the over 31 million individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, giving them access to the audio portion of programming on TV and the Internet. 
• A tool that improves reading and listening skills of children and adults by visually tying words with sound.
• A way to strengthen language and comprehension skills for those learning English as a second language, marrying the spoken word with the written word as well as reinforcing grammar and sentence structure.
• A great way to engage and exercise the mind by challenging the viewer to focus on reading, listening and comprehending in real time
• Able to enhance family time by not only allowing all members of the household to enjoy programming at lower volume levels but also knowing the added benefits captions are bringing to everyone – regardless of age.