I didn't think about subtitles as a default for people who are hard of hearing. I thought most people would have a device that turns the captions on and off. T

I didn't think about subtitles as a default for people who are hard of hearing. I thought most people would have a device that turns the captions on and off. The reason I even noticed this with BBC is because I was interviewed by Reuters a few years ago and the footage was spread through news throughout the world both online and on broadcast TV. A friend from the UK sent me a screenshot where the BBC had captioned me. They were the only channel to do this (that I saw or heard about) I'm Canadian, and we tend to have one of the easiest to understand clearly spoken accents. So it surprised me that BBC went to the trouble of adding captions. This makes sense now.