Cindy Jenkins

Independent Broadcast Captioner and CART captioner/Plexus Ambassador

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

These captions by artificial intelligence software are unacceptable! We are watching @tribunemedia! Everyone watching should have #equalaccess as to what is actually said. #FCC guidelines should apply to all! @KDVR @fox31denver @Broncos

[lisatorres @dcaption]

In October 2018 @tribunemedia replaced all human captioners with AI, artificial intelligence software for their 42 TV stations. Is this what we can now expect to see? Unacceptable! @Broncos @VonMiller @NAD1880 @FCC @KDVR @fox31denver

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

Love the 1CapApp platform! #CART #captioning #captionsforeveryone

[1CapApp @1CapApp]

Be prepared during an emergency. 1CapApp's technology #Webcaptions delivers captions to Facebook. #facebookcaptions #captionsforeveryone #emergencycaptions

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

@bamamerl The closed captions are, obviously, done by Automatic Speech Recognition. They are generated by a machine and NOT a live captioner. #equalaccess #WeAreSinclar #wehearyou #FCC

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

@TatsCaptions @WeAreSinclair @WeAreSinclair should be ashamed and embarrassed to provide #captions like this. #hearforyou #deaf

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

You can make a difference today for quality CC! Watch the news story, sign the petition and/or email the FCC today at [email protected]

[Tasha Sisneros @TatsCaptions]

Do you rely on quality CC? Watch this news story on: https://t.co/Ipod0Zs9qe
Your opinion can make a difference!! Read, sign, and SHARE this petition. It will be presented to the FCC Board on October 3rd.
https://t.co/doEzztwiOr

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

@FCC @WeAreSinclair #equalaccess must be afforded to all!

[Mel Chua, PhD @mchua]

@arielwaldman @ablerism @blprnt Short version: non-human-generated captions are terrible for conferences (especially ones with nuanced and complex terminology). As a Deaf attendee, I consider autocaptions the same as no captions - or even worse than none, because it gives the illusion of accessibility.

[Marlee Matlin @MarleeMatlin]

Many of you have asked for more #DeafOutLoud. Our special started a dialogue within/outside the Deaf/HH community. And while @AETV will not be ordering any more episodes, we are thankful for the opportunity. Now let's continue to hashtag and let’s find a new home for #DeafOutLoud

[Tasha Sisneros @TatsCaptions]

Deaf and HOH people rely on QUALITY captions to "hear." Say NO to @WeAreSinclair replacing highly-trained human captioners with a VRS software, IBM Watson, that produces unacceptable caption quality. #hearforyou #FCC #Deaf #NCRA #HurricaneFlorence

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

Amazing that @KTLAMorningNews does an interview with @MarleeMatlin and the original broadcast was captioned but the @YouTube post is not. Everything should have #qualitycaptions but #notallcaptionsareequal https://t.co/0uQ2heR4tG

[Tasha Sisneros @TatsCaptions]

If you were deaf, relying on closed captions for life saving information, which captions would you choose? EVERYONE needs equal access to information. #FCC #shameonyousinclair #livecaptionsarebest #hearforyou #IBMWatsonfail 🤔🤨

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

If @WeAreSinclair has their way, people who rely on #ClosedCaptions will get #poorqualitycaptions like this. The @FCC has guidelines that need to be followed!

[Tasha Sisneros @TatsCaptions]

@david_kapsner Join us at Facebook: Closed Captioning Quality Club. Sign this petiton and share! Thank you!! https://t.co/doEzztwiOr

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

Please #sign and #retweet. Our #Deaf and #HardOfHearing friends deserve #qualitycaptions from #SinclairBroadcastGroup and #humancaptioners.

[Sebrina Crosby, CRC @AccessCaptions]

Pls take a min to #sign & #retweet asking #SinclairBroadcastingGroup to return to #human captioners. Our #Deaf and #HardOfHearing depend on quality #ClosedCaptions for #Accessibility to tv programming. #DemandBetter #IBMWatson #Inclusion @MarleeMatlin

https://t.co/ToNi4o39V6

[Sebrina Crosby, CRC @AccessCaptions]

"if captions present that content in ways that make no sense, the captions are useless. This is why human captioners—those who provide the “art” behind captioning technology—remain the linchpin to successful captioning."
#HumanCaptions #ASR #Accessibility https://t.co/oP3RJKIK8r

[CC1 @StenoCC]

@WeAreSinclair If you believe in AI captions, you MUST mute your volume on all your TVs and rely on them as others must. Make that pledge.

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

@WeAreSinclair seriously? You think the new captions are able to be interpreted by those who are deaf/hard of hearing? You’ve gone backward essentially to no captions!! Stop the abuse & discrimination for those disabled w/hearing loss! Shame on you! @IBMWatson

[Plexus Worldwide @PlexusWorldwide]

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[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

I'm raising money for Stenos for Harvey Flood Victims. Click to Donate: https://t.co/UjVDX0FR7s via @gofundme

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

Happy Eclipse 2017 https://t.co/HjqQqRho5k

[Cindy Jenkins @captionwrite]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/Jjn4bQgUBU

[Plexus Worldwide @PlexusWorldwide]

Here are 9 things you can try to turn that frown upside down…ASAP. Let us know what works for you! 🙁➡️😁 https://t.co/KSp3ltuoG9