Fact · Transcription
Open, burned-in or hard-coded captions are visible to all viewers because they are embedded in the video.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“the captions are visible to all viewers as they are embedded in the video”
Closed captioning (Wikipedia), Wikipedia, n.d., Terminology.
Open the original- What it measures
- Open captions cannot be switched off by the viewer, which is the key difference from closed captions.
- What it does not show
- The terms are used in the same way in most sources, but a platform can still offer both kinds for one video.