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Captions, subtitles & timed text · Specialist

Subtitle

Also called: subtitles

ELI5

Timed text translating or transcribing speech, usually without representing every relevant sound.

Used in conversation

“The localisation team needs to check the subtitle before delivery.”

Pitch context

Use this when explaining how the story works on the page or across the finished screen experience.

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

Connected terms

  • CaptionCaptions include dialogue and relevant non-speech audio; subtitles often translate or transcribe speech, with regional terminology varying.
  • Forced narrative subtitleA forced narrative subtitle appears automatically for selected foreign or inaccessible speech; a normal subtitle track is generally user-selectable or language-wide.
  • Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingOrdinary subtitles may represent speech only; SDH also identifies speakers and relevant non-speech sound for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
  • Sidecar subtitleSidecar subtitle is a narrower kind of Subtitle.
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