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Bug 9773 - There is not a clear difference between "subtitles" and "captions". These are mostly used to describe "closed captions" (binary transmissions in TV broadcasts) vs "subtitles" (text files), as far as I know.
Summary: There is not a clear difference between "subtitles" and "captions". These are...
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
Whiteboard:
Keywords: a11y, a11ytf, media
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-05-20 09:10 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:40 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-05-20 09:10:33 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-timedtrack-kind-captions

Comment:
There is not a clear difference between "subtitles" and "captions". These are
mostly used to describe "closed captions" (binary transmissions in TV
broadcasts) vs "subtitles" (text files), as far as I know.

Posted from: 184.36.82.183
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-25 15:52:10 UTC 
I updated the spec to have clearer distinctions a while back. The difference between the terms is not what you describe, however.
Comment 2 John Foliot 2011-01-11 03:43:46 UTC 
Bug 9773 should refer to bug 11593 for more details. This bug was filed by contributor@whatwg.org and the a11yTF - media sub-team believe it can be closed, as #11593 speaks to this issue with more details.