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'''Closed captioning''' is
'''Closed captioning''' is a service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen. Closed captioning is not visible without the use of a specially installed decoder.
 
   
 
{{Quote|[a] service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen.<ref>[[FCC]], Glossary of Telecommunications Terms ([http://transition.fcc.gov/glossary.html full-text]).</ref>}}
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Revision as of 05:42, 15 May 2011

Definition

Closed captioning is

[a] service for persons with hearing disabilities that translates television program dialog into written words on the television screen.[1]

References

  1. FCC, Glossary of Telecommunications Terms (full-text).