subtitle tracks

On-screen text options

Subtitle tracks are the separate streams of text that accompany video content, displaying dialogue or descriptions synchronized to the audio.

A video file or streaming service may offer multiple subtitle tracks for different languages: Switch to the English subtitle track.

Viewers with hearing difficulties often use subtitle tracks that include descriptions of sound effects and music.

Related

foreign language · foreign · translation · sync · timing · hardcoded · embedded · hearing · accessibility · dialogue · transcript · burned · player · video file · stream · streaming service · encoding · delay

Categories
Opposites
method of language translation/accessibility in media

subtitle tracksdubbed audio

Translated spoken track

dubbing · audio description

presence of text overlay

subtitle tracksunsubtitled

Missing translated dialogue text

audio vs. text-based media features

subtitle trackssoundtrack

Music accompanying visual media

audio commentary · spoken dialogue · audio description · musical score

Family

subtitle, track, subtitles, subtitled, subtitling, title, titles, titled, titling

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G