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Captions, subtitles & timed text · Core

Closed captions

Also called: CC

ELI5

Optional on-screen text showing dialogue and useful sound information.

Used in conversation

“The closed captions need speaker names because several voices overlap.”

Definition

Captions that viewers can turn on or off when the platform supports them.

Here “Closed captions” means: Captions that viewers can turn on or off when the platform supports them.

Pitch context

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

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Connected terms

  • Open captionsClosed captions can be switched on or off; open captions are permanently visible in the picture.
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Sources & evidence · 8

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