9773 2010-05-20 09:10:33 +0000 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. 2012-07-18 18:40:52 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other CLOSED WORKSFORME http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-timedtrack-kind-captions a11y, a11ytf, media P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian jfoliot laura.lee.carlson mike philipj public-html-a11y public-html-admin silviapfeiffer1 contributor oldest_to_newest 35771 0 contributor 2010-05-20 09:10:33 +0000 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 39353 1 ian 2010-09-25 15:52:10 +0000 I updated the spec to have clearer distinctions a while back. The difference between the terms is not what you describe, however. 44091 2 jfoliot 2011-01-11 03:43:46 +0000 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.