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Captions, subtitles & timed text · Working

Caption file

ELI5

A sidecar or embedded file containing timed caption text and metadata.

Used in conversation

“Please send the caption file with the accessibility or localisation materials.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Caption file” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

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Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.