| Display title | Closed Captioning |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Closed captions, also known as subtitles, were introduced in the 1970s by The BBC for the benefit of hearing-impaired TV viewers. In the United States, deaf viewers were served until 1980 by onscreen sign interpreters, at least on South Dakota's CBS affiliate, KELO-TV, and its satellite stations. Main Street Living still uses sign language interpreters, along with "Mass for Shut-Ins" programs, which retain that form both for familiarity for older viewers (who may find captions distracting or hard to get on newer televisions) and for cost concerns as it is less expensive for a church organization to hire an interpreter to sign a service than hire a transcriber to caption it. The BBC continues to air some repeats with an onscreen sign-language interpreter in the early hours, presumably as a teaching aid for people wishing to learn British Sign Language, and also a magazine show aimed specifically at deaf people called See Hear. See Hear is noteworthy for having subtitles for the benefit of viewers without hearing impairment. |
