Closed Captioning During TV Programs and Movies

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That means a small amount, actually.

One of my former special interests and one that I'm trying to cycle back into is Japanese. I love hearing the Japanese language and learning it. I have managed to learn no small amount from subbed anime.

Because I have a partial hearing loss, I leave the captions on all the time. One night, I'm watching the X-Files. On the show, the local PD have the unarmed freak of the week cornered and are about to shoot him. Mulder comes running up and shouts, "NO!" just as the cops fire their guns. But the closed captioning, instead of NO!, read "NOW!" Sometimes I wonder how many deaf people out there in the world think Mulder was a cold hearted bastard.

I hate the closed captioning on most programs, but that's only because I hate misspellings and obvious grammatical errors.

As a funny side-note, my love of irony very nearly forced me to misspell the word 'misspell' intentionally.

I use the captioning whenever it's available. I think that it helps because I'm intensely visual and because I have auditory processing difficulties. Even if I turn up the volume, the words and sounds still get garbled in my head, so captions are much more effective for me.

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YES!

I always have captions enabled just to make sure I heard things correctly so the plot is less confusing. My friends think it's annoying.

I have no choice. I am 3/4 deaf.

ruveyn

I tend to have it on for most everything I watch. I tend to understand what they are saying better if I can see it as well, especially for all of those british accents. The only thing I don't put the captions on are for sporting events/news programs because I can't stand having everything they say show up on the captions about two minutes after the fact and that they are constantly talking too fast too keep with what the captions are doing so it confuses me. Other than that, I tend to keep them on for most of what I see. If I've seen a television episode or a movie too many times, I don't usually put them on.

I once went through a phase where I watched everything with closed captions on.

Now I find them distracting.

I prefer to watch with closed captioning on. I just understand it better when I can read it, too. It drives my family crazy though so when I'm at my parents' house I have to make do without it.

I used to do that too! It helped me better comprehend what was being said. When people talk, it often sounds like gibberish.

i prefer captions or subtitles as well. it was always true but it became more obvious when i started watching japanese, taiwanese, and korean shows with subtitles. after a few months i felt uncomfortable watching anything without subtitles and when i am watching without them (never by choice) i'll crank up the volume and i have to keep my eyes on the screen so i can really focus on what's being said. i really don't like that second option since my hearing is perfectly fine and mostly i just get a headache. so subtitles all the way!!

Am I the only voice of dissent? I dislike captions of English speaking TV or films because I read the words quicker than they're spoken, and hearing dialog just after I read it is very annoying. Now, if I were in a noisy environment and couldn't make out what the tv was saying, i'd appreciate it more. Or just be too frustrated to even watch.

I don't watch TV, so I guess that I'd have to say, no. I'd rather have my music playing.

I use to have the subtitle and captioning on, and I still do. It helps me keep track of what the action is on a tv or a movie, but it bothers my Dad a lot. If there is anything I don't like, is turning off the sound and having to read it, because what is the point of watching it then?

I always watch tv and dvds with closed captioned or subtitles. For some reason, I understand it much better.

I consciously turn the captioning off so that I will focus on the people and their inflections, but I can definitely understand a program better if I can read it rather than just hear it.

Also, if I try to focus on the eyes rather than the mouths I find it very hard to follow what the people are saying.