Why Closed Captioning is So Awful

By

Kay Ebeling

The ADA mandated closed captioning on TV shows, which was great. But all the work is sent overseas to people who work cheaper than Americans, so the captioning is never done right... so if you are deaf and wonder why you can't read the captions, remember:
It's bk people like me had our jobs sent overseas. 
And that was in about 2003. 
If it IS good captioning, it was done by free lance court reporters living in U.S. who maintain a sh--load of equipment in their homes and pay all their own taxes etc as "independent contractors." (Freedom yay)
When it's unreadable, It's probably done in the Philippines or India or who knows where... and I don't know what they get paid but it's not much
I just think it's ironic since the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, is a law that was meant to open jobs for disabled people as well as extend their access. Instead most the work is done in 3rd world nations and those typists are probly not real independent and the job is done so badly that it helps no one. But the guy who owns the business in India...
Life goes on
-ke