Netflix has announced a new option for subtitles, impacting English audio content. Originally designed for those with hearing impairments, the English (CC) closed captions provide detailed descriptions of other sounds like “door slams” or “dramatic music swells” all included.
Netflix cites a survey revealing that up to 50% of viewers in America keep subtitles on while watching content, although many do not want detailed descriptions of every sound, but only the character dialogues. Therefore, Netflix has introduced English subtitles without (CC) starting with season 5 of the series YOU.
In the future, Netflix plans to add this option to all English content and expand it to original content in other languages following the same guidelines.
TLDR: Netflix introduces a new option for English subtitles without detailed sound descriptions to enhance the viewing experience.
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