Read all about it: The popularity of turning captions on - CBS News
Mar 10, 2024 · According to a recent CBS News poll, over half of Americans keep subtitles turned on some (21%) or all (34%) of the time, especially younger people. Technically, the term "subtitles" means ...
How Subtitles Took Over TV - The Atlantic
Jun 6, 2023 · According to Preston Smalley, Roku’s vice president of viewer product, a 2022 internal survey revealed that 58 percent of subscribers use subtitles: 36 percent of them switch the subtitles on ...
Open-source media player VLC unveils new AI that can generate subtitles …
Jan 13, 2025 · VideoLAN introduced a new feature for VLC that uses AI to generate real-time subtitles and translations for videos offline, supporting over 100 languages without relying on cloud services. VideoLAN highlighted the feature’s ability to run locally on users’ devices, ensuring privacy and accessibility for those with limited internet access. The AI …
Why Subtitling Is Big Business Amid the Content Boom
Jun 28, 2023 · While closed captioning was once a niche service used mostly by hard-of-hearing viewers, subtitles have seen an explosion in the streaming age; deaf-led charity Stagetext found in a 2021 survey...
Turn closed captions on: Why Gen-Z loves subtitles on movies, …
Aug 23, 2023 · The use of subtitles is on the rise. A recent study from YPulse found that more than half of young people preferred using subtitles when watching shows. “By generation, the survey showed that 59% of Gen Z respondents watch with subtitles and 52% of millennials do that,” said April Rubin, a reporter for Axios who wrote about the survey.
Young viewers prefer TV subtitles, research suggests - BBC
Nov 15, 2021 · Young people are almost four times more likely than older viewers to watch TV shows with subtitles, despite having fewer hearing problems, according to research by a captioning charity.
Why have subtitles become more popular? - TechSpot
Jul 25, 2022 · Filmmakers and researchers have proposed multiple factors to explain the rising popularity of subtitles. Reasons include changes in how viewers process information, what people are watching, and...
Subtitles News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
Oct 13, 2021 · Giving a movie subtitles or dubbing it into multiple languages makes commercial and cultural sense, but the process can be riddled with potential pitfalls.
VLC Media Player to Use AI to Generate Subtitles for Videos
Jan 9, 2025 · VLC media player is preparing to harness AI to automatically generate subtitles in real-time for videos played on the popular app. At CES, the nonprofit team behind VLC is showing off the upcoming ...
Young viewers prefer TV subtitles, research suggests - BBC News
Nov 15, 2021 · Young people are almost four times more likely than older viewers to watch TV shows with subtitles, despite having fewer hearing problems, according to research by a captioning charity. Four out...
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