Re: Media--Technical Implications of Our User Requirements

On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:21 PM, John Foliot wrote:

> Philippe Le Hegaret wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> QUESTION: Are subtitles separate documents? Or are they combined with
>>>> captions
>>>> in a single document, in which case multiple documents may be
>>>> present to
>>>> support subtitles and captions in various languages, e.g. EN, FR,
>>>> DE, JP, etc.
> 
> The difference between captions and subtitles is nuanced to a certain 
> extent. Captions traditionally are the same language as that spoken 'on 
> screen', whilst sub-titles traditionally are alternative languages (for 
> example, an Italian language movie would have captions with lang="IT", but 
> subtitles in lang="EN")
> 
We shouldn't forget forced subtitles either: subtitles that are always displayed, regardless of user preference, usually during dialog spoken in a different language from that used in most of the movie.

eric