{"id":15191,"date":"2022-08-29T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/sdh-subtitles-non-sdh-subtitles-when-to-use-them\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:24:05","slug":"sdh-subtitles-non-sdh-subtitles-when-to-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/sdh-subtitles-non-sdh-subtitles-when-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"SDH vs. non-SDH Subtitles: When to Use Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Captioning<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">SDH vs. non-SDH Subtitles: When to Use Them<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/3playmedia\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">3Play Media<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-08-29T16:08:44+00:00\">August 29, 2022<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SDH-vs-non-SDH-updated.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SDH-vs-non-SDH-updated.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SDH-vs-non-SDH-updated-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SDH-vs-non-SDH-updated-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SDH-vs-non-SDH-updated-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                <hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-create-webvtt-file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Write WebVTT Files [Free Guide]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you ever watch a television show on a streaming platform with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/translation-subtitling\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subtitles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> turned on?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps it\u2019s an anime, and the subtitles translate Japanese dialogue into English. Or maybe it\u2019s the English-language cerebral drama topping the watchlists of everyone you know. Well, hang on. Since the show\u2019s in English, maybe they\u2019re captions; they have speaker IDs and sound effects transcribed, after all. Subtitles don\u2019t usually include those, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The answer is yes and no. There are two different types of subtitles: SDH and non-SDH. While these subtitles share many of the same characteristics, they serve different functions for their intended audiences. In this article, we\u2019ll explore what SDH and non-SDH mean, when each is used, and how they differ from closed captions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are SDH subtitles?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SDH stands for subtitles for the d\/Deaf and hard of hearing. These subtitles assume the end user cannot hear the dialogue and include important non-dialogue information such as sound effects, music, and speaker identification. In the United States and Canada, SDH traditionally assumes the end user cannot understand the language being spoken, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/closed-captioning-vs-subtitles\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as is typical with subtitles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This isn\u2019t the case in places like the UK, where \u201csubtitles\u201d can also refer to \u201ccaptions\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">SDH Subtitles<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong>Transcribed elements:<\/strong> Dialogue AND non-dialogue information (sound effects, music, speaker identification)<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are non-SDH subtitles?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Non-SDH, or non-subtitles for the d\/Deaf and hard of hearing, are traditionally referred to as just \u201csubtitles.\u201d Non-SDH assumes the end user can hear the dialogue and understand the non-dialogue information but cannot understand the language. The only transcribed element of non-SDH is dialogue. On-screen graphics or words may also be transcribed, when time allows for the translation of these elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">non-SDH Subtitles<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong>Transcribed elements:<\/strong> Dialogue only<br \/>\n<strong>Optional transcribed elements: <\/strong>On-screen graphics or text, when time allows.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do non-SDH subtitles differ from SDH subtitles?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both SDH and non-SDH subtitling types have the same technical features in terms of characters per row, line limits, timing, and visual appearances. Both also have the goal of providing translations of dialogue into another language. The main difference lies within their audience assumptions. Put simply, non-SDH is targeted to a hearing audience, whereas SDH is targeted to a d\/Deaf or hard of hearing audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-blue-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-create-webvtt-file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> How to write your own subtitle and caption files \ud83d\ude4c<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that we\u2019ve defined SDH and non-SDH subtitles and outlined the differences between the two, let\u2019s consider the right use cases for each. Determining which format is best can be tricky and nuanced! We have outlined several fictional scenarios to demonstrate the considerations you should make when deciding what is best for your industry and content type.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When to use SDH Subtitles\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scenario: Blu-ray release of sitcom requires a CC-to-SDH reformat<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A major television network is releasing a special 10th-anniversary edition of a popular sitcom that formerly aired on their network. This edition will only be released in the US, but the studio handling the production of the Blu-ray has discovered that the closed caption files they have for the sitcom will be incompatible with this DVD type. They decide to have their broadcast closed caption files reformatted into SDH subtitle files to provide d\/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences with a closed captioning alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">SDH Subtitles = Accessible captioning alternative<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong> In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/the-current-state-of-captioning-a-report-by-3play-media\/\"> 2022 State of Captioning Report,<\/a><\/strong> we learned that 72% of respondents were captioning to provide access for d\/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences. This major television network and their distribution studio know the importance of providing captions. By choosing SDH subtitles as their alternative for captions, they\u2019re making their Blu-ray release fully accessible to a broader audience.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scenario: SDH subtitles for virtual event recordings<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">US-based Company XY has been gearing up for its annual virtual event extravaganza. The event includes workshops, lectures, and webinars from industry experts and is a great opportunity for employees and customers to learn. While they\u2019ve typically used their video platform\u2019s auto caption feature for the live portion, they\u2019ve received feedback from d\/Deaf and hard of hearing attendees that they\u2019d be interested in cleaner English captions or subtitles for on-demand event content after the fact. XY decides on English SDH subtitles for their post-event on-demand content so that they can meet the needs of their English-speaking d\/Deaf and hard of hearing audience members, and subsequently use the SDH subtitles to later translate and better reach d\/Deaf and hard of hearing multilingual audience members as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">SDH Subtitles = Accessible virtual events for global audiences<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong>A recent study by Grand View Research reported that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandviewresearch.com\/press-release\/global-virtual-events-market\">global virtual events market is projected to be worth $657.64 billion by 2030<\/a>.<\/strong> Company XY\u2019s commitment to their audience\u2019s experience by providing live captions during the event, and then SDH subtitles in English and other languages after the event, will help them tap into the virtual events industry\u2019s incredible projected growth while simultaneously creating an inclusive experience for their attendees. <\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When to use non-SDH subtitles<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scenario: MNC goes global with non-SDH Subtitles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multinational Company X is headquartered in the US. X recently expanded their reach by setting up office locations in South America, Europe, and Asia. They only have training and corporate communication videos in English, but they recognize their need for localized subtitles.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">non-SDH Subtitles = Breaking down employee language barriers<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong>A 2015 study by Helene Tenzer and Markus Pudelko found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/277325955_Leading_Across_Language_Barriers_Managing_Language-induced_Emotions_in_Multinational_Teams\">\u201clanguage barriers can create emotional conflict between native and non-native speakers\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>at multinational corporations<\/strong>. By utilizing non-SDH subtitles for their internal videos, Multinational Company X is able to provide translations of content to help increase understanding and break down potential barriers for their employees, no matter where they\u2019re located. <\/div><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scenario: MOOC expansion supported by non-SDH subtitles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Z is based in the US, and has been offering massive open online courses (MOOCs) in addition to traditional in-person classes for several years now. They recently decided to expand their offerings to reach not only English learners, but multilingual students as well. They\u2019ve chosen to include non-SDH subtitles on all of their MOOC video content in Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, French, and German as a starting point.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">non-SDH Subtitles = Increasing the reach of MOOCs<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">According to Roberto Rey Agudo, a language program director in the department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/digital-learning\/views\/2019\/01\/09\/moocs-overwhelming-dependence-english-limits-their-impact-opinion\">DartmouthX saw a 50% enrollment increase for a course on the philosophy of science when Portuguese was added as a language of instruction<\/a>.<\/strong> From this, it can be surmised that localized MOOC offerings, such as multilanguage subtitled videos, can have a huge impact on the reach of institutions like University of Z. <\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When to use both SDH and non-SDH subtitles<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scenario: Big OTT release requires SDH <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">non-SDH subtitles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Production Company Y is readying their newest sci-fi show for exclusive release on Very Big OTT Streaming Platform. Former shows they\u2019ve created have gone to major broadcast networks in the US, so they\u2019ve only ever ordered English closed captions to meet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/consumers\/guides\/closed-captioning-television\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FCC requirements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Their post-production supervisors have learned that Very Big OTT requires both English SDH subtitles <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> non-SDH subtitles.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#b3003c;border-radius:5px\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#E6006F;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">SDH &amp; non-SDH Subtitles = Supporting OTT platforms\u2019 accessibility needs<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1061017\/digital-video-viewers-number-worldwide\/\"> The number of digital video viewers worldwide is expected to hit nearly 3.5 billion by 2023<\/a><\/strong>, and much of this is fueled by the abundance of premium video content available via OTT media services. Many of these providers, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/217350977-English-Timed-Text-Style-Guide\"> Netflix<\/a>, don\u2019t support standard broadcast closed captions, leading to a demand for English SDH subtitles styled similarly to FCC-compliant closed captions instead. OTT providers often request non-SDH subtitles to help support translation workflows and international distribution needs as well. The nicest part about ordering both SDH and non-SDH subtitles together is that one can be used to create the other fairly easily, which saves both Production Company Y and Very Big OTT a lot of precious time! <\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What about closed captions?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how do closed captions factor into all of this? Captions are closely related to subtitles, and there\u2019s often confusion between the two, because SDH subtitles are often used in their place by media that doesn\u2019t support broadcast closed captions, such as digital connections like HDMI and OTT media platforms. SDH also has the ability to visually mimic closed captions, further muddling how each are defined. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/whats-the-difference-subtitles-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-sdh-v-closed-captions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">captions and SDH differ in a few ways<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SDH subtitles have more room for transcription, supporting 42 characters per row to CC\u2019s 32 characters per row limit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SDH subtitles are timed much tighter to the audio than closed captions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SDH subtitles vary between fonts, colors, and styles, and can look different depending on the media player or platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-create-webvtt-file\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/webvtt-cta.jpg\" alt=\"Create Your Own WebVTT Files. 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