I’m sure we’ve all seen many public press conferences which also show a picture-in-picture of someone doing a signing translation. What is the point of that in those cases when we have closed captions?
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People in the audience might be deaf or hard of hearing.
Also, closed captioning isn’t always available as it is done by whoever is broadcasting the content.
They may need accommodation for the deaf people in the audience. Also, if the display doesn’t decode cc data (video walls, video projectors or live news beoadcasts), you have no way to display it.
ASL and English aren’t the same language—so, basically, the ASL is accommodating people in a language they may be more familiar with at a pace they are more used to. Some people speak quickly and can take in things spoken quickly but cannot read quickly, especially in another language. ASL and English have very different grammatical structures, so I assume “reading” ASL is jsut a lot smoother than reading a translation.
Sort of like how if someone’s native language is English but they also speak Italian, it’s much easier to watch shows in English, even if they’d understand the Italian.
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