Video Caption Service
Welch and Company provides high quality closed captioning and subtitling for video, DVDs, broadcast and many other media formats. we use state-of-the-art technology and staff always meets time and budget estimates.

Our closed captioning service is developed to display text on a television or video screen to provide additional or interpretive information to viewers who either have a hearing loss, or speak an alternative language. Our closed captions typically display a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs (either verbatim or in edited form), sometimes including non-speech elements.

What type of materials can we caption

How our service differs from our competitors
Unlike our competitors who require you to send tapes or DVD media format, we provide a dedicated computer system that you simply use to capture and upload the video to our Internet servers. We then process the video and return to you the files that you desire. Not only does this speed the process dramatically but it also reduces costs and eliminates unexpected shipping delays.

Our computer system technology is very easy to use, you simply plug in the video source of your choice, press play on the deck and click a record button on the computer system.

Benefits of Closed Captioning
Closed captioning provides a critical link to news, entertainment, and information for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. For individuals whose native language is not English, English language captions improve comprehension and fluency. Captions also help improve literacy skills. You can turn on closed captions through your remote control or on-screen menu. The FCC does not regulate captioning of home videos, DVDs, or video games.

How does closed captioning work?
Closed captioning is embedded in the television signal and becomes visible when you use a special decoder, either as a separate appliance or built into a television set. The decoder lets viewers see captions, usually at the bottom of the screen, that will tell them what is being said or heard on their favorite TV shows. Since 1993, television sets with screens of 13 inches or more that are sold in the United States must have built-in decoders, under the Television Decoder Circuitry Act. Set-top decoders are available, too, for older TV sets.

The captions are hidden in the line 21 data area found in the vertical blanking interval of the television signal. If you have read the article entitled How Television Works or the question on the V-chip, then you know about the blanking interval. It is the area of the television signal that tells the electron gun to shoot back up to the upper left corner of the screen to begin painting the next frame. Line 21 is the line in the vertical blanking interval that has been assigned to captioning (as well as time and V-chip information). Each frame of video can transmit two characters of captioning information (or special commands that control color, popups, etc.)

How to start utilizing our caption service

Please contact our staff by sending an email to; captions@welchandcompany.net

Or you may call us at; 727-230-1700