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sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language.

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Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language.

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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    Subtitles also describe sounds, they’re not just about speech.

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      You’re thinking of closed captioning. Subtitles is just dialogue.

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      That is called described audio.

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        Well, ackshually…

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      That is Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing-impaired (SDH). It is not the standard for subtitles in the US and Canada.

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