# Closed-captioned videos-Do they exist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioned-videos-do-they-exist/61296>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioned-videos-do-they-exist/61296 "2001-04-09T00:39:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioned-videos-do-they-exist/61296/21 "2001-04-11T21:01:03Z")

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I know that some colleges and universities produce their own videos (promotional or educational), and they probably feel that captioning them would be a good idea. Makes sense to me. The more captioned material there is out there, the happier I am.

I just wish that the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel would have more captioned programs. It seems like a very large percentage of their programming does not have captions of any kind. Maybe the folks there can take a few tips from your “wimpy” college. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioned-videos-do-they-exist/61296/22 "2001-04-11T21:42:58Z")

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Eeek. Sorry for the double post, kids. Suspected it would happen when my connection went wonky for a moment.

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