The subtitles are available with newer Netflix originals, like season 5 of You.
Netflix is rolling out a new subtitle option that shows just spoken dialogue. Before this change, Netflix offered Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC), which show spoken dialogue along with speaker names and descriptions of sounds, such as “[phone buzzing]” or [dramatic music swells].” The new option drops these audio cues.
It is currently available in English, and you’ll only see it with new Netflix original titles for now, starting with season 5 of You. However, Netflix spokesperson Dorian Rosenburg tells The Verge that the streamer is “actively exploring ways to expand this option to existing titles over time.”
According to Netflix, “nearly half of all viewing hours” in the US take place with subtitles or captions, while a CBS News poll last year showed that 50 percent of people across the
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