closed captioning
Noun
Meaning
closed captioning (uncountable)
The display of text on a television or video screen, usually a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs (either verbatim or in edited form), most frequently used by the deaf and language learners. Closed captions are encoded invisibly, and displayed by a decoder.
Alternative names
closed-captioning
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Examples
Closed captioning will be on to ensure access for all.
Patti later formed Good Sport Captioning to provide remote captioning for other teams and venues. citation citation Video games Closed captioning of video games is becoming more common.
Technical development of closed captioning Closed captioning was first demonstrated at the First National Conference on Television for the Hearing Impaired in Nashville, Tennessee in 1971.