closed caption
USED TO PROVIDE THE TEXT OF A SHOW'S AUDIO PORTION TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE HEARING IT
Closed-caption; Closed caption; Closed captions; Closed captioner; Captioning; Open captions; Closed captioned; Closed Captioning; Closed-caption television; Closed-captions; Closed Captions; Closed-captioning; Close captioning; Close caption; Close captions; Media transcription; Closed-captioned; ⚞; ⚟; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired; Screen captioning for the deaf
chiefly N. Amer.
¦ noun one of a series of subtitles to a television programme, accessible through a decoder.
¦ verb (closed-caption) [usu. as noun closed-captioning] provide (a programme) with closed captions.
Derivatives
closed-captioned adjective