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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: caption
Synonym1: captioning
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Definition: transcript of spoken words and descriptions of sound effects, musical cues, and other audio information, shown during a live or pre-recorded event

Note 1 to entry: Captions can be open, not adjustable by the user, or closed where they can be turned on and off by the user at will. Open and closed accessible services are described in IEV 872-05-02.


Publication date:2022-09
SourceIEC 63080:2017, 3.11, modified – The term has been revised to be singular. In the definition "real-time" and "relevant" have been deleted and "and descriptions of" added before "sound" and "in live or pre-recorded events" replaced by "shown during a live or pre-recorded event". In Note 1 to entry, "users" has been replaced by "user".
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