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CHAPTER 9
Adding closed captions to a
video
Adobe® Visual Communicator® 3 lets you incorporate closed captions into your videos. The
Closed Captioning feature takes text from the Teleprompter and converts it into captions that
appear below the video.
Using closed captions for accessibility
“About closed captions” on page 61
“Select closed captions for a video” on page 62
“About closed captions in a video” on page 62
“Designate and display persistent text” on page 63
“Display dynamic text” on page 63
“Hide Teleprompter text” on page 63
“Editing captions after you publish a video” on page 63
“Guidelines for good captions” on page 64
“Display captions” on page 65
About closed captions
Closed captions allow people to read a transcript or dialog of the audio portion of a video,
film, or other presentation. As the video plays, text captions appear that transcribe speech and
other relevant sounds, although not always verbatim.
The term closed in closed captioning means that not all viewers see the captions—only viewers
who decode or activate them. This is different from open captions , where all viewers see the
captions. Permanently visible captions in a video, film, or other medium are sometimes called
open , burned-in , or hardcoded captions.