Real-time, written annotation of the currently displayed audio Content. Closed Captioning - mainly used in 525-line countries - usually provides subtitle information to hearing-impaired viewers or to speakers of a language other than that on the audio track.
Display of a TV program's audio as text on a TV; part of the CaptionVision standard. (See CaptionVision, VBI)
The text stream included in a broadcast signal that provides narrative description.
Closed captions are hidden as data within the television signal and they must be decoded to be displayed on your TV screen. With either a set-top decoder or one of the new caption-ready sets, you can switch captions on or off with the touch of a button.
A method by which American Sign Language translations are either broadcast live to television sets with captioning decoders or laid down on a track of videotape recordings. This allows the hearing impaired or deaf person to "hear" the dialogue as it is being spoken.
A method of embedding subtitles within the video signal. The subtitles can be descrambled and viewed on the television screen with the use of special decoding equipment.
Allows the hearing impaired to read dialog and narratives (on closed Captioned telecasts) without the use of an external decoding device. Excellent for development of language skills and private viewing without disturbing others.
Alternative representation, usually text, of audio or graphics media that can be seen only on a specially equipped receiver.
A service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen.
A service for people with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialogue into written words on the television screen.
The transcription of oral words and sounds, present in a TV or movie broadcast, into written words and displayed for the purpose of improving a hearing impaired individual's access to media presentations.
Text version of a programme\'s dialogue, overlayed on the screen by an equipped television set for the hearing impared.
Text stream included in broadcast signal that provides narrative description of dialogue, action, sounds, and other elements of the picture. Most often used by the hearing impaired and in environments where audio is undesirable (such as in restaurants).
A text overlay on movies, videos, or TV programs that displays all spoken dialog and sound effects. Closed captioning is invisible until the user chooses to display it. Open captioning, which is less common, is always displayed. Captioning is used by people who are deaf or who are hard of hearing.
Closed captioning allows individuals who are deaf or have limited hearing to view television and understand what is being said. The words spoken on the television are written across the bottom of the screen so the person can follow the dialogue and action of the program.
Service offered to hearing-impaired television viewers that translates program audio into scrolled text.
Closed captioning (CC) (known as Subtitles in the United Kingdom) allows people who are deaf and hard of hearing, learning a new language, beginning readers, in a noisy environment, or otherwise to read a transcript or dialog of the audio portion of a video, film, or other presentation. As the video plays, text captions are displayed that transcribe, although not always verbatim, speech and other relevant sounds.
