Comments on: Closed/Open Captions, Subtitles and Rear-Window Captioning http://quixoticdeaf.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/closedopen-captions-subtitles-and-rear-window-captioning/ A cochlear implant user in the Big Easy. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: quixoticdeaf http://quixoticdeaf.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/closedopen-captions-subtitles-and-rear-window-captioning/#comment-537 quixoticdeaf Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:41:55 +0000 http://quixoticdeaf.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/closedopen-captions-subtitles-and-rear-window-captioning/#comment-537 Can you use a Braille reader with Closed Captioning? Can you use a Braille reader with Closed Captioning?

]]> By: Leif http://quixoticdeaf.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/closedopen-captions-subtitles-and-rear-window-captioning/#comment-534 Leif Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:35:01 +0000 http://quixoticdeaf.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/closedopen-captions-subtitles-and-rear-window-captioning/#comment-534 You ask: "I wonder if there are actually two versions of the movie on the DVD, one with subtitles and one without?" The answer is no. The subtitles are stored as images that are overlayed on top of the movie when it plays. This saves a lot of space vs having two copies of the movie. Because the subtitles are images (and not text), you can't load a DVD onto your computer and change the font of the subtitle. Also, this makes it impossible to screenread (like for the blind) DVD subtitles. Closed captioning (on TV) is actually text, not images. You ask: “I wonder if there are actually two versions of the movie on the DVD, one with subtitles and one without?” The answer is no. The subtitles are stored as images that are overlayed on top of the movie when it plays. This saves a lot of space vs having two copies of the movie. Because the subtitles are images (and not text), you can’t load a DVD onto your computer and change the font of the subtitle. Also, this makes it impossible to screenread (like for the blind) DVD subtitles.

Closed captioning (on TV) is actually text, not images.

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