Hulu Creates Captioned Video Text Search Feature

December 21, 2009: COAT is pleased to learn that Hulu, an online provider of on-demand TV and video programming, has released a search facility allowing viewers to search for words contained within captioning text. The feature, called Captions Search, lets users locate a particular segment of a show, since captioning provides almost a transcript of a program or show. This feature demonstrates how a form of accessibility for people with disabilities can be used by mainstream users as well. See Hulu blogsite for more on this.

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