Configuring Closed Captioning - Polycom VSX Series Administrator's Manual

Configuring Closed Captioning

Audio Options for Closed Captioners
Providing Closed Captions for Conferences
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You can provide real-time text transcriptions or language translations of the video
conference by displaying closed captions on your system. When you provide
captions for a conference, the captioner uses a web browser to listen to the
conference audio and enter the caption text in the system's web interface. When
the captioner sends a unit of text, all sites see it on the main monitor for 15 seconds.
The text then disappears automatically.
Closed captions are supported between VSX systems with software version 7.0 or
later.
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 will need to receive all audio from the conference by:
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Attending one of the conferences sites,
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Participating in the conference as an audio site,
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Listening to the conference via VSX Web, or
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Listening to the conference via a speakerphone in the room at one of the sites.
Captions may be provided in any language that uses the Latin alphabet.
The captioner may enter caption text:
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Remotely, via a dial-up connection to the system's serial RS-232 port,
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In the room using equipment connected directly to the serial port,
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In the room or remotely, using VSX Web, or
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In the room or remotely, using a Telnet session.
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