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    Captions/Subtitles

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    Captions provide a text version of audio content for those who are deaf or have difficulty hearing. Captions display synchronized text within the media player. They can be closed captions that can be hidden or open captions that always display. The terms "captions" and "subtitles" refer to the same thing but are used differently depending on if the audio and text are in the same or different languages. Live captions are done by professional captioners who can caption live events remotely by listening to the audio. Caption files can also be used to create interactive transcripts within media players.

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    Captions provide a text version of audio content for those who are deaf or have difficulty hearing. Captions display synchronized text within the media player. They can be closed captions that can be hidden or open captions that always display. The terms "captions" and "subtitles" refer to the same thing but are used differently depending on if the audio and text are in the same or different languages. Live captions are done by professional captioners who can caption live events remotely by listening to the audio. Caption files can also be used to create interactive transcripts within media players.

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    Captions provide a text version of audio content for those who are deaf or have difficulty hearing. Captions display synchronized text within the media player. They can be closed captions that can be hidden or open captions that always display. The terms "captions" and "subtitles" refer to the same thing but are used differently depending on if the audio and text are in the same or different languages. Live captions are done by professional captioners who can caption live events remotely by listening to the audio. Caption files can also be used to create interactive transcripts within media players.

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    Captions/Subtitles

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    Captions provide a text version of audio content for those who are deaf or have difficulty hearing. Captions display synchronized text within the media player. They can be closed captions that can be hidden or open captions that always display. The terms "captions" and "subtitles" refer to the same thing but are used differently depending on if the audio and text are in the same or different languages. Live captions are done by professional captioners who can caption live events remotely by listening to the audio. Caption files can also be used to create interactive transcripts within media players.

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    Introduction

    Who: Captions (also called “intralingual subtitles”) provide content to people who


    are Deaf and others who cannot hear the audio. They are also used by people who
    process written information better than audio.

    What: Captions are a text version of the speech and non-speech audio information
    needed to understand the content. They are displayed within the media player and
    are synchronized with the audio.

    Most are “closed captions” that can be hidden or shown by people watching the
    video. They can be “open captions” that are always displayed and cannot be turned
    off.

    Captions and Subtitles

    The terms “captions” and “subtitles” are used for the same thing in different
    regions of the world. This resource uses:

     Captions for the same language as the spoken audio.


     Subtitles for spoken audio translated into another language.

    Some regions use subtitles for both the same language as the audio and for the
    translation. Sometimes they are distinguished as intralingual subtitles (same
    language) and interlingual subtitles (different language).

    Subtitles are implemented the same way as captions. Subtitles/interlingual


    subtitles are usually only the spoken audio (for people who can hear the audio but
    do not know the spoken language). They can be a translation of the caption
    content, including non-speech audio information.

    Captions are needed for accessibility, whereas subtitles in other languages are not
    directly an accessibility accommodation.
    Live Captions

    Live captions are usually done by professional real-time captioners or


    Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) providers. Live captions can be
    done in-person or remotely. That is, the person doing the captioning/CART does
    not have to be at the same location as the live action; they can be doing the live
    captions by listening to the audio over a phone or Internet connection.

    If you have live captions and you post a recording, you will probably need to do
    minor editing for accuracy.

    This rest of this page addresses developing captions for pre-recorded media.

    Interactive Transcripts from Captions

    Caption files are used by some media players to provide interactive transcripts.


    Interactive transcripts highlight text phrases as they are spoken. Users can select
    text in the transcript and go to that point in the video. Some players provide
    interactive transcript functionality.

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