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Closed captioning

Closed captioning (CC) is the processes of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information, where the viewer is given the choice of whether the text is displayed. Closed captions and subtitles are typically used as a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs…

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Television and video

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Digital television interoperability issues

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Closed captioning

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Closed captioning

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related to DVDs and Blu-ray Discs · 36
Closed captioning → Actually, Apple's DVD Player, CC1, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, DVD, DVD-Video, DVDs, EIA-608, English, European Region, Gladiator DVD, Hard, HOH, Hollywood DVD-Videos, In, It, Line, Many, MPEG-2
related to External links · 34
Closed captioning → Archived, Best Practice Guidelines, Bill Kastner, Captioned TV, Captioning, CaptioningFirst Sears Telecaption, Captions, Clearinghouse, Closed Captioning Archived, Deaf, Distribution Format, Education Resources Information Center, Ellie, ESL Literacy Education, ESL Literacy Education Archived, Facts, Federal Communications Commission Consumer, From, Governmental Affairs BureauFCC Consumer, Hearing Like Me
related to General and cited references · 33
Closed captioning → Alternative Realtime Careers, Amy Bowlen, Archived, BBC Subtitles, Captions, CART, Court Reporters, Deaf, Digital Convergence, Disabled, Downey, Editorial Guidelines, Enabling, Gary, Gregory, Guide, Hard, Hearing Americans, ISBN, Karen Peltz Strauss
related to Technical development of closed captioning · 30
Closed captioning → ABC, Alan Newell, As, At, BBC, Ceefax, Closed, December, FCC, February, First National Conference, Gallaudet College, Gallaudet University, Hearing Impaired, Knoxville, Line, National Bureau, PBS, Southampton, Standards
related to Non-linear video editing systems and closed captioning · 27
Closed captioning → AJA, Apple, Blackmagic Design, CC, CEA-608, CEA-708, CEA708, DVD Architect, Final Cut Pro, FireWire, HD, HD-SDI, In, Line, October, Other, Preview, QuickTime, RealPlayer, SD
related to Legislative development in the U.S. · 23
Closed captioning → ADA, Also, Americans, At, Congress, Disabilities Act, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Gallaudet University, July, National Captioning Institute, NCI, On January, Ronald May, Sanyo, Sanyo Electric, Television Decoder Circuitry Act, The ADA, This Act, Through
related to Philippines · 22
Closed captioning → ABS-CBN, As, Biyahe, Cebu City, Drew, Drew's Travel Adventure, English, Filipino-language, Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr, GMA, Idol, Kitchen Idol, Korean, Kusina, O'Clock Habit, Only, Philippines, RA, Since, The
related to Video games · 18
Closed captioning → Also, Bethesda Softworks, Closed, Dead, DVD, Half-Life, Hockey League Simulator, Infocom, Left, Line, Many, Metal Gear Solid, One, The, The Terminator, Valve's, Video, Zork Grand Inquisitor
related to Full-scale closed captioning · 15
Closed captioning → ABC Sunday Night Movie, American, Disney's Wonderful World, Flubber, March, Masterpiece Theatre, NBC, PBS, Sears, Semi-Tough, Son, Telecaption, The, The National Captioning Institute, This
related to Application · 12
Closed captioning → Captions, Closed, English, ESL, In, National Captioning Institute, They, This, TV, United Kingdom, United States, US

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captioning closed captions video caption television used also line subtitles teletext data use 21 digital text display tv information eia-608

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the identity of speakers andinstance ofspoken dialogue and non-speech information0.80text
occasionallyinstance ofspoken dialogue and non-speech information0.80text
their manner of speakinginstance ofspoken dialogue and non-speech information0.80text
theinstance ofby defaulting to a real-time mode0.80text
WGBHinstance ofMost caption providers capitalize all words while others0.80text
non-American providers prefer to use mixed-case letters.There are two main styles of Line 21 closed captioninginstance ofMost caption providers capitalize all words while others0.80text
for live eventsinstance ofThis method is used when captioning video in real-time0.80text
where a sequential word-by-word captioning process is needed or a pre-made intermediary file isn't availableinstance ofThis method is used when captioning video in real-time0.80text
Frenchinstance ofhandling most requirements for languages common in North and South America0.80text
Spanishinstance ofhandling most requirements for languages common in North and South America0.80text
and Portugueseinstance ofhandling most requirements for languages common in North and South America0.80text
though those extended characters are not required in all decodersinstance ofhandling most requirements for languages common in North and South America0.80text

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