[games_access] What is the meaning of Closed Captioning

[Sandra Uhling]

Hello John,

thanks for the information. I see that there is a "gap"
between the meaning of a word and the social understanding.

I always thought "subtitle" do only present dialogues.
In German we have closed captioning translated to subtitle = Untertitel.
And in the right description it includes more than dialogues.

I never thought that translating things would be so difficult.

Best regards,
Sandra


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Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] Im
Auftrag von John Bannick
Gesendet: Montag, 19. April 2010 10:46
An: games_access at igda.org
Betreff: [games_access] What is the meaning of Closed Captioning

Sandra,

Closed captioning is the display of all sounds as text.
It includes spoken words and sounds such as background sounds.

Closed captioning is different from open captioning in that closed 
captioning must be turned on, presumably by the user, whereas open 
captioning is on all the time.
Closed captioning differs from subtitles in that subtitles do not 
necessarily include sounds other than spoken words.

We use open, not closed, captioning in some of our games.
We use subtitles in our Inspector Cyndi in Newport games.

It's important to make any sounds that come from the captioning, such as 
from a screen reader, not conflict with any sounds made specifically for 
gamers who are blind.

John Bannick
www.7128.com
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