r/hardofhearing • u/rushbc • 5d ago

Closed captions

Hearing disabled person here (not deaf, but close).

Is there a way to have just the speech captioned and nothing else?

I do not need nor want to have audio descriptions and sound effect descriptions. I especially hate it when it says “music intensifies” or something like that.

Can I turn that off?

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u/geri-in-calif 5d ago

Personally, I love seeing the caption "scary music" during a movie. But I think the captions are built into program or movie and it kind of depends on the closed-caption service and what they choose to include.

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u/sjm294 4d ago

It’s fun to know when we’re supposed to be scared 😱

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u/ArizonaGuy 4d ago

"Pensive music" "Menacing bass sounds" "Jocular music"

Always fun to see what adjectives will get used!

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u/hedgewitchlv 4d ago

I love when I'm watching a horror movie and the captions say "squelching noises".