No more (phone buzzing). Credit: Netflix
Netflix is introducing a new type of original language subtitles.
On Thursday, the company announced a new subtitle option: original language subtitles that only show the spoken dialogue.
The only option for subtitles in the original language before was Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC). These subtitles include dialogue but also audio cues such as [dramatic music swells], as well as names of the people speaking on screen.
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However, Netflix has realized that a lot of folks watch content with subtitles (fifty percent of Americans do it most of the time), and decided to offer a subtitle option that only covers spoken dialogue. If you're wondering why that is, you've probably never seen Brad Pitt's legendary performance in Guy Ritchie's "Snatch."
Now you get both the CC and the non-CC version. Credit: Netflix
Unfortunately, this will not be available for older titles, at least not right away. Netflix says the new subtitle option will first appear on new titles coming to the platform, with the first show to get it being the fifth season of You.
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How to unblock and watch U.S. NetflixNetflix also said that, going forward, the non-CC subtitles will be available on all new Netflix originals in every language that the platform offers.
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