(Music) (Applause) Thank you. (Applause) Thank you and God bless each and every one of you. Heidi and I are so honored to join you here in Cleveland, where Lebron James just wo–, led an[…]
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2016, July 28 – Khizr and Ghazala Khan speech at DNC – open captioned – full transcript
Tonight we are honored to stand here as parents of Captain Humayun Khan and as patriotic American Muslims. (Cheering & applause) (Chants of U-S-A) As patriotic American Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country. (Cheering[…]
2016, July 25 – Michelle Obama speaking at DNC – open captioned – full transcript
VO: Michelle Obama. (Music, applause) (Laughs) (Music, applause) Oh. (Applause) Thank you all. Thank you so much. You know, it’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since I first came to this[…]
1952, Eisenhower – The Man from Abilene – political ad – open captioned
Male voice over: (with reverb/echo) The man from Abilene. Out of the heartland of America, out of this small frame house in Abilene, Kansas, came a man, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Through the crucial hour of[…]
1969, Nov 3 – President Richard Nixon – Silent majority speech- open captioned with full transcript
Good evening, my fellow Americans. Tonight I want to talk to you on a subject of deep concern to all Americans and to many people in all parts of the world, the war in Vietnam.[…]
2015, March 3 – Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress – open captioned
(Applause) Boehner: Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, the Prime Minister of Israel, his Excellency, Benjamin Netanyahu. (Applause) Netanyahu: Thank you. (Applause) Thank you. (Applause) Speaker[…]
1940, May 3 – Winston Churchill – Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat – open captioned
Mr. Speaker, on Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new administration. It as the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the[…]
Coming to You Live, Accurate Realtime Captioning is Difficult to Achieve
You see it nearly every day. You’ve settled in comfortably with a TV program only to have the screen flash red with a banner saying “breaking news,” followed by a newsperson with an urgent expression[…]
Things to do when you’ve shut off the TV because the closed captioning is incomprehensible
We’ve all been there. You turn on the TV to watch something, anything to alleviate your boredom, but instead you only find frustration because the closed captioning that you rely on is inaccurate. What do[…]
Sourcing for political speech and transcription
As we were casting around for material to experiment with we noticed a number of the political speeches that we encountered were either not transcribed or, in many cases, transcribed incorrectly. The following is a[…]