captioning
/ˈkæpʃənɪŋ/ · cap·tion·ing
noun
- The act or process of adding written text to a visual medium, especially to convey dialogue or description for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing. Closed captioning has become standard on most streaming platforms to improve accessibility.
- The text itself that appears on screen to describe spoken words or sounds. The captioning at the bottom of the screen helped me follow the foreign-language film.
verb
- Present participle of caption: to add captions to (a video, image, or other visual media). She spent the afternoon captioning the interview footage for the documentary.
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Did you know? The first widely used closed captioning system debuted in 1972 for the TV program "The French Chef," paving the way for modern accessibility standards.