Captions usually appear at the bottom of the TV screen as white letters on a black background. The size of the letters varies with the size of the TV screen. On a nineteen inch screen, for example, letters are half an inch high. Not all programs are produced with closed captioning. Currently, more than seventy hours of television programs are closed-captioned each week.
Programming includes movies, network news, sports events, children's and educational programs.
Specials and live programs are also frequently captioned. It's available for a small cost from stores like Sears, Penneys, and VideoConcepts. In some areas, you can lease TeleCaption Adapters. With the decoder, you can review captioned programming on regular broadcast channels, cable TV, and video recorders.