[Athen] Camtasia Studio 4 and Captions

[Terry Thompson]

Sorry, my previous email included a bad URL. Here's the camptioned Camtasia
example:
http://www.brooksandrus.com/screencasts/csflashcaptions/

Terry 


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> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:30 PM

> To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'

> Subject: [Athen] Camtasia Studio 4 and Captions

> 

> Hi All, 

> 

> I'm currently participating in a discussion with TechSmith, 

> makers of Camtasia 4, about their method for delivering 

> closed captions in Flash. For those who haven't seen it, 

> here's a sample: 

> http://www.brooksandrus.com/screenca...flashcaptions/

> 

> My position is that displaying captions in a semi-transparent 

> overlay, with stuff happening underneath, makes the captions 

> difficult to read. Their position (truncated and paraphrased) 

> is that it's an efficient use of valuable screen real estate, 

> "designed to allow the text to stand out while still allowing 

> you to see what's going on underneath the overlay"

> 

> What do you all think? If you agree with my position, I'd 

> appreciate some convincing arguments that I can pass on to 

> TechSmith. (Or if you disagree with me, that's ok too)  

> 

> Or if you'd rather participate directly the discussion, it's here: 

> http://forums.techsmith.com/showthread.php?p=15656#post15656

> 

> (note that it's currently 2 pages and growing - see both 

> pages for the full

> thread)

> 

> Thanks!

> Terry

> 

> Terry Thompson

> Technology Specialist, DO-IT

> University of Washington

> tft at u.washington.edu

> 206/221-4168

> http://www.washington.edu/doit

> 

> 

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