Netflix simply introduced a brand new technique to expertise subtitles that eliminates the necessity to learn audio cues like “door slams” or “telephone rings.”
Introduced on Thursday, Netflix’s new dialogue-only subtitles might be enabled by going to “Navigate to Audio” after which “Subtitles.” Customers will see an choice labeled “English” as an alternative of “English (CC),” indicating that it’ll solely embrace spoken phrases.
This feature enhances the prevailing closed captions (CC) that cater to the deaf and laborious of listening to neighborhood, which embrace each spoken dialogue and vital audio cues similar to sound results and music indicators.
The dialogue-only subtitles, nonetheless, provide a streamlined various, displaying solely dialogue with out the extra context.
This new choice is a response to the rising reputation of subtitles. In line with Netflix, practically half of all viewing hours within the U.S. are spent with subtitles turned on.
Dialogue-only subtitles are actually obtainable for the brand new season of “You” and can quickly seem on different new Netflix authentic titles in each language the streaming service gives.