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Subtitles are a great way to keep me engaged with TV content. When there’s none, my eyes are usually on TV station logos and other annoying distractions which m
by tempaccount1234 3y ago
Subtitles are a great way to keep me engaged with TV content. When there’s none, my eyes are usually on TV station logos and other annoying distractions which make it hard to concentrate on what I’m actually watching (so I usually get bored and give up) - at the same time they allow me to keep the volume at an acceptable level. The only problem with subtitles is that some TV stations don’t do them properly. They should take some clues from the BBC or Danish TV, who have perfected subtitling, in regarding to font choice, size of black bars and timing the subs to the dialogue.
- tempaccount1234 3y agoBtw, streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ suck at subtitling in languages other than English, because they don’t match the audio but are a different translation. If you want to learn Spanish by watching Spanish dubs with subs on those services, you’re screwed. (If you need correct Spanish subs, you need to watch the ad-infested Spanish Disney channel instead)
- deprecative 3y agoIs this an ADHD thing? When subtitles are present, they're all I can focus on. I visit folks regularly who need them (they probably just need hearing aids) and whatever we watch is a shitty book because my eyes focus on the words changing rather than the content. We'll get done and I'll be able to tell them what the people said but not anything that happened that wasn't spoken. They (ADHD) can tell me everything.