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Closed Caption Features for iTune Movie Downloads?

While I was glad to see that Apple plans to offer a movie download service with the iTunes Store, I'm still inclined to NOT use the service if there's no assurance that closed captioned/subtitled movies will be available as well.

Will iTunes Movie downloads include captioned media?

Today's DVDs all have features enabling us to turn on captions/subtitles and it's already a shame that Netflix, according to a representative's comment made nearly two years ago, will not provide captioned movies "until the near future"...

I hope Apple takes its hearing-impaired (deaf and hard of hearing) customer base into consideration...and it IS a sizeable customer base.

Posted on Jan 15, 2008 3:15 PM

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Luck

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Feb 14, 2008 1:31 PM in response to 1GB RAM

Thank you, Adam, for pitching my site 🙂

Anyhow, the link is good but I have also registered http://cc.appletvsource.com . It maybe a little bit easier to remember.

I also learned that the closed-captioned movies on the Apple TV might not be captioned on iTunes. I am starting another list just for Apple TV.

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Feb 27, 2008 11:55 AM in response to Robvonthego

may I add another argument to this thread ?
Besides the fact that there is a sizable number of customers that have to rely on closed captions for most of the movie titles there is certainly a large number of people that need it because they are not native speakers !!!
They would also greatly benefit from this option.
Come on Apple, this is not so hard

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Mar 5, 2008 5:01 PM in response to fiegema

I agree with you about movies. I would like to make sure captions for TV shows should be considered as well. I downloaded the second episode of Sarah Connor- Terminator's TV Show onto my Apple iTouch / iTunes and it was not captioned, even though the captioning option was already turned on via iTouch's Settings as well as with iTunes. I look forward to splurging my money over those movies and TV Shows only if they are successfully captioned on both iTouch and iTunes.

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Mar 29, 2008 12:24 PM in response to fiegema

I want to add my argument for subtitles. I spend much of my year living in my Mexican home, surrounded by my Mexican friends who do not speak English. The option of Spanish subtitles, now available on most DVD rentals, would be a great boon to me. And wouldn't it open things up for Mexican apple users as well?

Closed Caption Features for iTune Movie Downloads?