Due to the fact that not everyone can speak several tongues fluently, a language barrier exists between people even through material commodities. To solve this dilemma, there is a constant need for subtitling services and translations to enable more people to enjoy these products. Nowadays, video subtitling is not just done as a means of understanding the original content of a video in a different language. It is a trend that can be used in various business activities and commercial trade, whether as a video shown in the office or for personal viewing at home. Captioning vs. subtitling services When checking out a typical DVD video, some people usually do not know whether they are looking at a caption or a subtitle. The generic term that people call the words that appear on the screen matching the dialogue of the video as “subtitles,” when in reality, subtitling services also offer and use captioning. Captioning can be further defined into two categories: closed captioning and open captioning. Closed captions are called as such because, unless you have the decoder hardware to reveal them onscreen, they will not show. Otherwise, the open captions are those that are visible to viewers at all
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