2023 – CCAC, the unique Captioning Advocacy Community, continues since 2009. Mission: Inclusion of Quality Captioning Universally. Let’s Advocate! Ask for Captioning and ask again. Lots accomplished and more to do. Kudos to all other individuals and groups during these years who advocate also. #CaptionEverything

WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU HAD QUALITY CAPTIONING?

TOGETHER, WE ADVOCATE, EDUCATE, RAISE AWARENESS & MAKE CAPTIONING HAPPEN AS VOLUNTEER CITIZEN ADVOCATES.

JOIN THE CCAC. YOU ARE NEEDED TOO.

CCAC MISSION = INCLUSION OF QUALITY CAPTIONING UNIVERSALLY

QUALITY CAPTIONING FOR ALL MEDIA, LIVE STREAMS AND EVENTS. CAPTIONING IS THE WORLD’S LANGUAGE. #CAPTIONEVERYTHING

CCAC = COLLABORATIVE FOR COMMUNICATION ACCESS VIA CAPTIONING

WHAT IS CAPTIONING? Full text equivalent of speech and other meaningful sounds, created as they happen and where they happen, whether in a video or audio recording or during a live event. Let’s talk Captioning! Together!

WHY? Mega-millions use quality captioning (subtitles) for conversations, education, employment, entertainment, meetings and much more. Captions are required by many people with hearing loss and deafness, and benefit many hearing people. Captions help in learning to read, learning languages, enjoying videos or TV in any noisy or quiet spaces. People with autism, tinnitus, and other perceptual differences use captions. Captions on media allow immediate transcripts, and enable search engines to find you and your topic.

Hearing loss affects one in every 4 to 5 people, on average, all ages, globally. About 50 million in the USA alone. If not you now, someone in your family.

CITIZEN CAPTIONING ADVOCATES – JOIN US!

CCAC is an official 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization (charity) in the USA with international participants and exchange of information. We ask for quality captioning in all places needed. Donations are tax-deductible. Support the mission in any way that fits for you. Join us, add your voice, ideas, and advocacy.

November 2018: Messages from 2 CCAC members in the CCAC forum online: (1) “Every organization pursuing a challenge in their effort to fulfill a mission has a leader and its supporters that truly believe in its cause. This is true for me with the CCAC, as a follower and as a supporter. I would not have tried to take on my town’s government without this forum’s support, advocacy, and leadership if it weren’t for this organization. Thank you all and may captioning become a “regular” accommodation that truly meets the ADA mandate of “Effective Communication” and we are the change agents to make it happen.” (2) “Thanks to the CCAC, we are all here together working for quality captioning.”

CCAC is not a captioning company. It’s is a welcoming place to learn more about captioning (subtitling, speech-to-text) and find support with others to advocate for inclusion. We’re having an impact. CCAC members use a special forum online 24/7 for exchange of information and support. Lot’s accomplished, lots to do.

All revenue goes solely toward annual costs of CCAC captioning advocacy activities. PayPal is in the right column on each page here.

WHERE DO YOU NEED CAPTIONS? TELL US – WE WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH YOU, FOR YOU. CCAC SAYS, “LET’S TALK CAPTIONING!”

“@CCACaptioning Your mission speaks to my heart. Captions are vital for accessing content and there aren’t enough of them.” – thank you!”

“CCAC- Grass roots advocacy at it’s best!” from long-time expert advocate – thank you.”

“My hat’s off to you CCAC for all the work and effort you put into advocacy for inclusion with captioning and CART! Thanks again.”

Captioning speaks to us! Captioning sends the message! Captioning is convincing!

WHY JOIN THE CCAC? WHY SUPPORT US?

1. CCAC is a non-commercial free global online resource about Captioning (Subtitles). Too many don’t understand what captioning is, or why it’s vital for millions. We offer extensive web information and also actively advocate every day.

2. The CCAC Members’ Forum Online is our meeting place and working space 24/7 all year long. Valuable information, discussions and advocacy happen in the unique community online. We are volunteer citizen advocates (consumers, providers and many others together).

3. CCAC aims to point you in the right direction to find a captioner (a provider) for media or live events. A free clearinghouse service (to locate a provider) called CaptionMatch, designed and managed by two volunteers, was active for 5 years. Now on hold while the system considers an update, a simple email asking how to begin your search is all you need – CCACaptioning@gmail.com.

4. CCAC does original research exploring the benefits of captioning, why people need captioning and more, published online and in journals. See tabs called “Advocacy” and “Resources.”

5. CCAC provides mentoring and “letters of support” for individuals and other groups interested in captioning and seeking captioning anyplace needed.

Captioning advocates from many backgrounds and internationally enrich our learning and expand advocacy effectiveness. Local, national, and international communications make sense.

6. CCAC collaborates with long-established and newer groups (e.g. about hearing loss, accessibility, deafness, education, languages, disabilities, technologies, user experience, universal design, health care and more) to support all campaigns aiming for access and inclusion.

7. CCAC Media such as the first CCAC film called “Don’t Leave Me Out!” are viewed by a thousands globally. Some use our media on their own webs, at conferences, and more places. Spread the words!

8. CCAC’s activity on social media expands CCAC outreach and advocacy. Thousands of friends, fans and followers are with the CCAC on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, GooglePlus, and the CCAC YouTube Channel.

9. CCAC advances targeted campaigns for communication with captioning inclusion in schools, employment, health care, entertainment, government, transportation and more. One example – highly-regarded non-partisan “Captions Capture the Votes!” project. See tab above.

10. CCAC is the only official all-volunteer non-profit group we know about where the sole focus is captioning advocacy.

Many copy and are inspired by CCAC lingo to promote individual projects, and some give CCAC credit and thanks. Cheers for all captioning advocacy! Just do it!

CCAC Member says, “…with real-time captioning I belong! I’m no longer an outcast because I cannot hear what is going on.”

Parent of child with deafness says, “Absolutely you may quote me! I really believe in the need for captioning. It has been amazing watching my son learn to read (he’s just 6) and the difference it has made in his life.”

CCAC member says, “With real-time captioning, I can attend, understand, and contribute to a discussion with less fear that I’ve missed a crucial point or even have the topic confused. It gives me more confidence….”

CCAC consumer member making donation says: “You are doing great work, that’s the message. Advocacy works.”

E-mail for information.

CCAC pays no rent nor salaries. A small board of directors and officers ensures efficiency and minimal administrative costs. CCAC welcomes suggestions and fundraising energies to create budgets for meetings, conferences, films, and new captioning advocacy campaigns. CCAC is a captioning advocacy official non-profit organization (charity), as compared to captioning companies (for-profits) and other groups with wider goals (e.g. deafness and hearing loss groups).

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CCAC will be 14 years old in December 2023. Time flies! Thanks to so many who join and contribute to this exciting active advocacy adventure. CCAC became an official non-profit organization in June 2012.

Many millions of good people, all ages, are deaf, deafened, or have a hearing loss and 98% do not use sign language. Advocate with the CCAC – Place 2 B 4 Captioning Advocacy!

CCAC members say: “I am so proud of the work you do on the CCAC. All your posts are insightful, tasteful, and easy to understand. Thanks for all you do”.

“I hope in my lifetime captioning will become so mainstream that you won’t have to even think about it.”

“The CCAC is doing an amazing job to advocate for captioning inclusion, and it’s taken off like wildfire!”

“Why didn’t I know about the CCAC forum online before? It’s a life saver! thank you.”

The CCAC official non-profit organization is a human service group.

IF YOU HAVE READ ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HERE, THANK YOU! PLEASE ASLO VIST THE OTHER TABS AND LINKS ALONG TOP OF PAGE, SUCH AS ADVOCACY, RESOURCES, MEMBERS’ FORUM, CCAC BLOG AND MUCH MORE.

NEED A SPEAKER ON CAPTIONING OR HEARING LOSS? The founder and president of the CCAC (Lauren E. Storck) welcomes invitations to speak at conferences, schools, other events. Transportation and accommodation costs are requested. CCACaptioning@gmail.com

(Photo of UN at top of page by K. Chupina, with thanks.)

CCAC – Captioning Advocacy – Globally

NOTE: THESE WEBPAGES DO NOT TAKE COMMENTS. TO TALK TO CCAC, USE EMAIL TO CCACAPTIONING@GMAIL.COM, USE CCACBLOG.WORDPRESS.COM, OR FIND CCAC ON FACEBOOK. AND JOIN SOON, TO USE THE CCAC MEMBERS’ FORUM ONLINE.