Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Broadcast with captions that are only visible if the viewer opts to enable them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a video recording or broadcast Having
captions that can only be seen with the appropriate equipment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers
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Examples
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Kyle saw that the closed-captioned broadcast was reporting on a citywide blackout in Philadelphia.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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In addition, it is not isolating when one has access to communication accommodations such as closed-captioned television, sign-language interpreters at meetings and conferences and access to telecommunications technology, such as video phones, e-mail and PDAs.
NFL prospect Anderson takes lead from deaf educator dad 2007
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I've got a closed-captioned TV on a ten foot stand.
Archive 2009-08-11 Joe Konrath 2009
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Kyle saw that the closed-captioned broadcast was reporting on a citywide blackout in Philadelphia.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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If I posted a closed-captioned edition of the new Star Trek movie on my web site and Paramount insisted I take it down, it wouldn't make sense for me to argue that my edition allows the deaf to enjoy the movie, and why does Paramount hate deaf people.
Kindle Text to Speech peachtess 2009
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Kyle saw that the closed-captioned broadcast was reporting on a citywide blackout in Philadelphia.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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And in January, the search giant released a test version of Google Video, an online search engine that peruses the closed-captioned text of broadcasted TV shows to find relevant clips to Web queries.
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The ad will also be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Obama Tries to Close the Deal Tonight on Network Television 2008
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The closed-captioned disc features subtitles in French and Spanish but no secondary audio tracks.
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I really HATE the fact that cable shows, and DVD extras don't need to be closed-captioned.
Re-Arranging the Deck Chairs Rogers 2007
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