{"id":1018,"date":"2024-04-09T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/?page_id=1018"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:26:04","slug":"captions-and-subtitles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/captions-and-subtitles\/","title":{"rendered":"Captions and Subtitles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>What are Captions and Subtitles?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The terms \u2018caption\u2019 and \u2018subtitle\u2019 have similar definitions and may be used by different organisations to mean slightly different things. Usually, captions refer to on-screen text specifically designed for deaf viewers and include descriptions of sounds and music. Subtitles are straight transcriptions or translations of dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Closed captions \/ subtitles \u2013 these need to be switched on or off, look for the CC symbol.<\/p>\n<p>Open captions \u2013 these are always on view<\/p>\n<p>Live captions \u2013 generated in real time when switched on, these can be inaccurate<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Who can help?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Turn On The Subtitles<\/strong> (TOTS) is an initiative to encourage using <strong>subtitles<\/strong> to improve literacy.\u00a0 Their website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/news\/\">https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/news\/<\/a> has some useful information, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how to access subtitles on the BBC (including BBC iPlayer), ITV, Channel 4 etc\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/parents\/\">https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/parents\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>service providers such as Disney+, Freeview etc <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/how-to-turn-on-the-subtitles\/\">https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/how-to-turn-on-the-subtitles\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>as well as interesting research on the benefits of subtitles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/research\/\">https:\/\/www.turnonthesubtitles.org\/research\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the website of <strong>CALL Scotland<\/strong>\u00a0for guidance on how to add<strong> live captions<\/strong> to Google Chrome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/blog\/live-captioning-in-google-chrome\/\">https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/blog\/live-captioning-in-google-chrome\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Royal National Institute for the Deaf<\/strong> (RNID) have reviewed <strong>live caption<\/strong> speech to text apps for smartphones and tablets <a href=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/information-and-support\/technology-and-products\/speech-to-text-smartphone-apps\/\">https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/information-and-support\/technology-and-products\/speech-to-text-smartphone-apps\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For information on accessing <strong>live captioning<\/strong> using <strong>Windows 11<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/windows\/use-live-captions-to-better-understand-audio-b52da59c-14b8-4031-aeeb-f6a47e6055df\">https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/windows\/use-live-captions-to-better-understand-audio-b52da59c-14b8-4031-aeeb-f6a47e6055df<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who use <strong>live captions<\/strong> <strong>when gaming<\/strong> here are some articles that might be interesting and useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Watkins<\/strong> has very kindly given permission for his article <em>Accessible Gaming<\/em>\u00a0first published by <strong>British Association of Teachers of the Deaf<\/strong> (BATOD), to be available on our website <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/uploads\/sites\/2891\/2024\/04\/09124719\/Accessible-Gaming-by-David-Watkins.pdf\">Accessible Gaming &#8211; by David Watkins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>National Deaf Children&#8217;s Society<\/strong> (NDCS) has NJ, a successful gamer, explaining some of his tips for accessible gaming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcs.org.uk\/information-and-support\/parenting-and-family-life\/families-magazine\/your-stories\/stories-of-deaf-young-people\/njs-a-game-changer\/\">https:\/\/www.ndcs.org.uk\/information-and-support\/parenting-and-family-life\/families-magazine\/your-stories\/stories-of-deaf-young-people\/njs-a-game-changer\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the <strong>AVA organisation<\/strong> website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ava.me\/blog\/game-on-for-deaf-accessibility\">https:\/\/www.ava.me\/blog\/game-on-for-deaf-accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please contact our service if interested in finding out more about captioning in educational settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Captions and Subtitles? The terms \u2018caption\u2019 and \u2018subtitle\u2019 have similar definitions and may be used by different organisations to mean slightly different things. Usually, captions refer to on-screen text specifically designed for deaf viewers and include descriptions of sounds and music. Subtitles are straight transcriptions or translations of dialogue. Closed captions \/ subtitles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/captions-and-subtitles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Captions and Subtitles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9483,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1018","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/renfrewshiresensoryteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}