1. Actual Transcripts
2. Speech-to-Text Transcripts
3. CC1-CC4: Closed Captions
4. Open Captions
5. Subtitles (multiple depending on the medium)
6. DVI: Descriptive Video Information presented as audio
7. SAP1 or SAP2: Other Languages presented as audio

Select from a picklist of values.

View Language Usage Options - Primary audio DVI SAP1 SAP2 CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 Open Caption Subtitle DVD Subtitle01 DVD Subtitle02 DVD Subtitle03 DVD Subtitle04 DVD Subtitle05 DVD Subtitle06 DVD Subtitle07 DVD Subtitle08 DVD Subtitle09 DVD Subtitle10 DVD Subtitle11 DVD Subtitle12 DVD Subtitle13 DVD Subtitle14 DVD Subtitle15 DVD Subtitle16 DVD Subtitle17 DVD Subtitle18 DVD Subtitle19 DVD Subtitle20 DVD Subtitle21 DVD Subtitle22 DVD Subtitle23 DVD Subtitle24 DVD Subtitle25 DVD Subtitle26 DVD Subtitle27 DVD Subtitle28 DVD Subtitle29 DVD Subtitle30 DVD Subtitle31 DVD Subtitle32 Transcript

A different element, DESCRIPTION.PROGRAMRELATEDTEXT, contains either the actual text (if of limited length) or indicates a separate, distinct, related file containing that text or a separate audio track. Many Digital Asset Management Systems will associate files that are cataloged separately, but related to an item.

Use the element RELATION.TYPE and RELATION.IDENTIFIER to refer to the presence and identification of these other related formats and forms of the primary audio presentation for a resource.

Use the element LANGUAGE to identify the actual language captured in alternative audio.

The various permutations of Program Related Text may include the following:

1. A transcript may exist as a text document.
2. Speech-to-Text conversions may exist as (a) a text document, or (b) an electronic file with timecodce synchronization data.
3. Closed Captions may exist as (a) a text document, (b) an electronic file with timecode synchronization data, (c) as a video program or broadcast with captioning encoded on SMPTE line 21 of the video signal (NTSC standard), or (d) as data encoded within the "picture user_data" portion of the video stream in DTV (ATSC standard).
4. Open Captions may exist as (a) a text document, (b) an electronic file with timecode synchronization data, (c) as a video program or broadcast with captioning encoded on SMPTE line 21 of the video signal (NTSC standard), (d) as data encoded within the "picture user_data" portion of the video stream in DTV (ATSC standard), or (e) as a completely separate track of text or its graphical representation (DVD-Videodisc standard specification or QuickTime tracks specification).
5. Subtitles may exist as (a) a text document, (b) an electronic file with timecode synchronization data, (c) as a video program or broadcast with captioning encoded on SMPTE line 21 of the video signal (NTSC standard), (d) as data encoded within the "picture user_data" portion of the video stream in DTV (ATSC standard), or (e) as a completely separate track of text or its graphical representation (DVD-Videodisc standard specification or QuickTime tracks specification).