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closed caption

noun

Etymology

"Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to open captions which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all.

Definitions

  1. Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable…

    Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for closed caption. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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