Television subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing is also referred to as closed captioning in some countries. Sometimes, mainly at film festivals, subtitles may be shown on a separate display below the screen, thus saving the film-maker from creating a subtitled copy for perhaps just one showing. Subtitles can be rendered as part of the video or separately as graphics or text overlaid on the video. 9 Reasons for not subtitling a foreign language.4.4 Use by those not deaf or hard of hearing.4.3 Subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing (SDH).2 Creation, delivery and display of subtitles.Open Captions are 'burnt' into the video and will therefore always be visible.

Closed Captions (CC) can be toggled on and off according to the preference of the viewer. Captions are text in the language of the audio and are designed for anyone unable to hear the audio, they often also contain important sounds that would be unavailable for anyone unable to hear the audio. Subtitles refer to a text translation of audio into a different language and are for people who can hear the audio, but may not be able to understand the dialogue. They can be transcriptions of the screenplay, translations of it, or information to help viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing understand what is shown. Subtitles and captions are lines of dialogue or other text displayed at the bottom of the screen in films, television programs, video games or other visual media. The French-speaking region of Wallonia and the German-speaking region of East Belgium use exclusively full-cast dubbing for both films and TV series. Part of a series onīelgium: The Dutch-speaking region occasionally produces its own dubbing versions (but usually uses the same ones as the Netherlands), otherwise solely subtitles. For other uses, see Subtitle (disambiguation).

For use in print media, see Subtitle (titling).

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