
Via Accessible Web Design Workshop:
AOL is now testing closed captions for streaming news content from CNN that will enhance the online media experience for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Captioned CNN video content will beavailable throughout the AOL network, including the AOL service, the free AOL.com Web portal, and the AOL Video portal.
I checked it out myself, and I didn’t find any captioned videos via http://video.aol.com/, but a search on their site found this page:
Closed captioning provides members who are deaf or hard-of-hearing with enhanced access to select video content including entertainment programming, news updates and AOL® Member Education tutorials. If available, closed captions appear directly beneath a video and correspond to the audio content.Available closed-captioned content includes:
- CNN closed-captioned Quickcast: The latest news updated 3 times a day. Go to AOL® Keyword: Video, then click the News channel.
- Princess Natasha: The latest Princess Natasha episodes can be viewed with closed captions at AOL Keyword: KOL, or by signing on to the AOL® service using a Kids Only screen name.
Previously:
CaptionKeeper – captions from TV to the Web
Project ReadOn – free web captions
Closed Captioning for Flash
Speche Communications: real time text streaming

We keep looking for the captioning and can’t find any . It’s heartbreaking.