Reading Sounds

Praise for Reading Sounds

There's no book like this; plain and simple, it is one of the most original new books I've ever read.

This is a tremendously accessible book. Reading Sounds studies closed captioning in such a nuanced way that it should be required reading for anyone interested in the interface between technical communication or rhetoric and technology.

After reading this book — even if you don't regularly make use of closed captions — you'll never experience captions the same way again.

Powerful… Reading Sounds is clearly written and enjoyable. Commanding attention from sentence one, Zdenek builds a compelling argument not just that captions are interesting but also that captioners engage in significant rhetorical work.

Zdenek has not only broken new ground in the rhetorical analysis of closed captioning, he has also left no stone unturned in dissecting the different ways that captioners make rhetorical choices in describing sound… Reading Sounds seems destined to be a foundational text that will be referenced by accessibility and caption scholars — starting with this reviewer — in the years to come.

An authoritative, readable guide to closed captioning… Enhanced by an ancillary website commenting on dozens of thoughtfully selected film clips, Reading Sounds amply demonstrates the relevance of closed captioning.