CLOSED CAPTION SUBTITLES

Posted by Albertrot on July 17th, 2019

Closed captions provide a way to the hearing-impaired person. This in addition to subtitling, provides the soundtracks of a video displayed. Closed caption subtitles are typically same as displaying the verbatim transcriptions of a video. A slight difference between both is - closed caption includes only transcription of a video while subtitle includes transcription as well as translation of a video.

Closed caption subtitles are user-friendly, depending on the viewer’s preferences - it can be set either open or close. This provides a real time experience for those who are hard at hearing which it can be provided only by professional subtitling translation services. They can understand through their customers’ perceptive and serve them better. For example, if a hearing-impaired person is playing any game, these captions will help them to feel the real sound of that game by transcribing.

Uniqueness of closed captions:

1.       Closed captions are synced with video.
2.       Depending on the viewer, it can be turned on/off.
3.       Closed captions appear only in source language, while subtitles can be in translated language.
4.       It helps in speaker identification.
5.       It also provides the sound effects of a video.
6.       Usually the text appearance white on black background.
7.       It varies and doesn’t have certain onscreen placement.
8.       Encoding is not supported through HDMI.

Importance of closed captions and its reason to use:

There can be different types of audio that can be used in a video at a time and that includes on-screen dialogues, off-screen dialogues, on-screen action sounds, off-screen action sounds, background noises, music soundtrack, in-story media, sound effects. All these audio elements play a major role in the video and this made simple by closed captions.

Here are some reasons as to why closed caption is preferred to watch video:

1.       If one is watching something interesting in a loud environment.
2.       If a volume of the video playing is inconsistent.
3.       To watch sensitive subject matter in public.
4.       To watch movies that are in foreign languages.

Benefits of using closed captions in your video content

1.       Give accessibility to people those having hearing disability.
2.       It also improves indexing for SEO.
3.       It also improves user-experience.
4.       It also helps non-native speakers.
5.       The most important is, it increase the average watch time.

In visual subtitling, we have highly skilled transcribers to provide accurate verbatim transcription to all our viewers. These experienced professionals can well understand the difference between subtitling and captioning, thus provide the quality service to all their customers.

Considering customers’ requirements in different situation, visual subtitling benefit our customers by providing subtitle in multiple languages at a possible turnaround time. We also have NDA agreements to protect the sensitive information, this makes our service a trustworthy. In addition to security and confidentiality for all your files and details, we have highly encrypted software, that doesn’t allow hackers to steal your information.

Our team is also specialized to deliver rush and super rush services within stipulated time and at affordable rates. Our 24/7 customer support team will help to get your work done quickly, without compromising on quality and accuracy.