captionsoften
Captionsoften is a term used to describe the practice of providing captions in a majority of audiovisual content, emphasizing the frequent availability of text captions to accompany spoken content. The term is a blend of captions and often and is used in accessibility discussions and content strategy to signal a default inclination toward captioning.
Definition and scope: In many discussions, captionsoften implies captions are included by default across platforms such
Implementation: Captionsoften can be achieved through manual transcription, automatic speech recognition with human review, or hybrid
Benefits: Increased accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, broader audience reach, improved searchability and discoverability, and
Challenges: Costs and resource demands for frequent captioning, varying accuracy of auto-captioning, latency in live content,
Adoption and reception: Accessibility advocates generally endorse captionsoften as a standard, though emphasis remains on maintaining