Chapter 4 - Designing the User Experience

Audio Options for Closed Captioners

When you provide captions for a conference, the captioner may be present, or may use a telephone or web browser to listen to the conference audio.

The captioner must receive audio from the conference in one of these ways:

Attending one of the conferences sites

Listening to the conference via the V500 web interface

Listening to the conference via a speakerphone in the room at one of the sites

Options for Supplying Closed Captions to Conferences

Captions can be provided in any language that uses the Latin alphabet.

The captioner can enter caption text in one of these ways:

In the room or remotely, using the V500 web interface

In the room or remotely, using a Telnet session

Providing Captions Via the V500 Web Interface

Closed captioners can provide captions from inside the conference room, or from a remote location, by entering the captions directly into the V500 web interface, as shown in the diagram below.

V500 web interface

V500 System

LAN

 

LAN

 

port

 

 

To supply closed captions for a conference using the V500 web interface:

1.On a PC, open a web browser.

2.In the browser address line, enter the IP address of the system (for example, http://255.255.255.255) to go to the V500 web interface.

3.Go to System Setup > Utilities > Closed Caption.

4.Enter your user name and the password, if a password has been established.

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