Category Archives: Deaf

How Hard is it to add Closed Captioning to Internet Video?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Mark Sweeney

There are hundreds of thousands of great videos on the internet, from Google to YouTube to Netflix, TV station websites with television shows, documentaries, web series, instructional videos and more. THe vast majority of these are inaccessible to the deaf … Continue reading →

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Deaf Friendly Apps

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Mark Sweeney

Here’s some video apps that play nicely with subtitles or Closed Captions. OPlayer – there’s three different versions: OPlayer lite, a free version that has small ads above the movie. OPlayer – the paid version for iPhone & iPod OPlayer … Continue reading →

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SRT to DFXP Converter update – 1.3.2

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Mark Sweeney

New update that fixes naming files when saving (properly adding either .dfxp, or .srt), and also removes “<i>” and “</i>” from .srt files when importing – these formating codes don’t work with Netflix and would result in a “Custom dfxp … Continue reading →

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Netflix SRT to DFXP Converter 1.3.1

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Mark Sweeney

I’ve made a few new changes, and added a few more features to SRT to DFXP Converter. The first change – the program is much faster. It takes more time to import a .srt file (about 10 seconds), but that’s now … Continue reading →

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Netflix srt to dfxp Converter Updated.

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Mark Sweeney

It’s now on version 1.2. This version works with English or Danish srt subtitles. It allows you to switch between the two languages and saves your preference for importing English or Danish .srt for conversion so you don’t have to … Continue reading →

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Netflix .srt subtitle converter for OS X

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mark Sweeney

If you want to use Netflix, but are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or just want to watch a movie with the sound off, your choices are very limited. Netlfix (US) has about only 100 movies with subtitles or Closed Captioning. However, now … Continue reading →

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