Progress not perfection

Becca. 30 something. She/her. In love.

[uwuplasmiusuwu]

I just remembered my second Pride, where I made different flag themed daisy chain bracelets/necklaces to hand out. I need folks to understand something:

They were free.

They were fucking free.

They were maybe ¢60 of acrylic yarn each at the most, and the whole ziploc bag of them took 2 hours max.

Three people gave me sad eyes until I took their money.

Someone who was clearly the mom friend of their group made me take a $5 and gave a 10 minute pep talk.

At least four more people insisted on getting change to pay for the, once again, free bracelets.

In spite of all these shenanigans, the absolute best was this one person who I can only describe as, “queer surfer dude who looks like a boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend.” I can remember nothing of the outfit, only the impeccable vibes. I did the same thing I did with everyone else, explaining the bracelets were free, and they nodded along as they took the last 6 strand rainbow bracelet. As soon as they had it on their wrist, they pointed at something over my shoulder and, like a fool, I looked.

Next thing I know, they’re running off cackling, yelling, “YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME!” and I’m holding a fucking $20. I had to stop at least two people from chasing them, cause they thought the person stole something, and then they tried to give me money cause they thought it was funny seeing me flail over people being Too Nice.

That was the year I got reverse-robbed at Pride. I hope everyone out there is having a good time and, in particular, that queer surfer dude is out there still causing benevolent chaos.

[leebrontide]

The gay agenda

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[hartsnkises]

Alan Turing and Ada of Lovelace did not invent computer science for the girls and the gays to claim they can't do math

[hylianane]

functionally suicidal character saying “I would die for you” to their significant other and its like. I get the sentiment, honey, but if a hot dog vendor told me he’d sell hot dogs for me, I wouldn’t feel very moved now would I

[semanticorn]

9 yo asked me how to spell support and then had me Google the trans pride flag. A few minutes later he handed this to his 5 yo sister who came out this year.

[semanticorn]

For anyone who needs it today.

May you find the family you deserve, friends. 💜💜💜

[nightcourtcaps]

Night Court - The Night Court Before Christmas (S6:E9)

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[dyslexic-asexual]

Dont censor the captions if you didnt censor the audio!! Captions are a literal description of what is heard! Most autocaptions auto-censor so you need to remember this when you proofread them.

Most "engaging" caption presets are inaccessible. Highlighting/increasing the font size of a word is distracting, and showing only one word at a time is hard to follow. Captions are an accessibility tool not a fun video effect. If your video isnt already engaging... dont sacrifice access for that, it probably wont even work to keep your audience.

Once you have your correct captions script, paste it as the audio description in case people need to go back to it, its just helpful. It can go in the same place as visual description bc you should have that too!

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[oinkymoo]

- swearing. if the person says fuck, the captions should say fuck. if it’s bleeped in its entirety, the captions should say so. if it’s only bleeped between the f and the k, the captions should include the f and the k

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[theechatnoir]

I totally agree.

I’m not deaf, but I probably have an auditory processing disorder and I can’t watch certain shows because the captions and the words being said are different (they have the same general meaning, but it’s still a problem), because I can’t understand what’s going on.

Also the early seasons (I’m only at season 2) of Murdoch Mysteries have the subtitles timing messed up, so you get the words on screen after it’s said, which makes it much harder to understand what is going on (cause with the camera angles you’d never know who was talking without hearing their voice).

It’s a nightmare.

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[diaryofadigitalloser]

Raised by a hard of hearing grandmother who needs captions, and am startled that seemingly every other hearing person has never read a caption in their life.

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[researchplaceholder]

this is really important for teachers and educators when they’re preparing online courses!

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[werevampiwolf]

Don't censor profanity if the words are uncensored on the audio track.

Quit it with the fucking [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] tag.

The caption should match the dialog word for word. Don't just sum up what's being said.

Include a dialog tag if the way a character says something is notable and it's not already obvious, such as if the speaker is offscreen. Something like [nervously] or [shouting].

Make sure the captions are actually accurate. Auto-captions very frequently misjudge where words begin or end, and the captions can end up as word salad.

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[garl1cl0af]

Not Deaf yet, but a few other things too.

Auto-generated captions that make zero sense.

Out of sync captions

Captions in the way of people SIGNING

Just not captioning parts at all

Captions going really fricken fast

Captions only holding a few words

Massive freaking captions

Captions super small

And everything OP has said. Just because I can still hear, doesn't mean captions need to be based on sound! Videos should be accessible for everyone!

-hard of hearing, soon to be Deaf

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[skyeqt]

I use captions constantly and whenever I have to turn them off for a section to read I think about how the video is just impossible to watch if you need the captions. And for those saying move them, I do! I have figured out a specific placement and scaling of captions that works well with cracking the cryptic videos for example. I have found a transparency that let's me see parts of an image through it while still being able to read.

But sometimes the entire screen is covered in text and there's speech, and this makes it impossible to find a place for captions. Or the free space for then changes and you can't keep dragging them around, there are videos where I swap between captions on the bottom and top like 3 times, then it's uncomfortable at the top because I'm not used to it, and then I give up.

And it's not like it's impossible to do it right, watch any Tom Scott video and you see it all done near perfectly. Coloured by speaker, includes relevant details like pronunciation and noises, preserves wordplay by having the caption change out, positioned in free space, and near the speaker if relevant. And most importantly, there always is free space for them to be in!

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[curiousitycollective]

Captions are based on an older script and are inaccurate to the final one or do not reflect improve done by speakers

Captions cover the main language used but anything else is just "foreign language spoken" rather then the actual words used

[tragicburnout]

[purr-in-ink]