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So dark, I can no longer view them on an Apple iPad. Couple that with some video streamers (looking at you, Netflix) always defaulting to a different audio tra

So dark, I can no longer view them on an Apple iPad. Couple that with some video streamers (looking at you, Netflix) always defaulting to a different audio track, while it is often in its original film’s language, the audio gets bastardized with commentary overlay and overlaps thereby ruining the original movie experience. Often cannot default to “original movie sound”. Oh, did I mention that the closed captioning has started ignoring the hard-of-hearing and deaf folks? They only transcribe the foreign language into open-captions. I mean, WTF? We folks kinda want ALL languages captioned. Just the three kinds of darkness we are descending into … nowadays.

masklinn 4y ago
> They only transcribe the foreign language into open-captions. I mean, WTF? We folks kinda want ALL languages captioned. Do you mean that when there’s foreign langage being spoken the CC track just sits unused and only the on-screen translation for hearing audiences remain? I assume that plays havoc on accessibility equipment? And from what I remember open captions are often styled to not clash with the picture, so they’re sometimes had to read too.
- egberts1 4y ago
  Placement of closed-captioning does not interfere with the viewing experience of folks without hearing loss. They didnt ask for it and always defaulted to "uncaptioned", as it should be. In turning the closed-captioning ON to English, it is the loss of English (in non-English language movie) captioning when a foreign actor sporadically speaks in English. "Normal" English viewer would enjoy just the same; deaf and hard-of-hearing, not so much.