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From: L Snider
Date: May 8, 2020 9:55AM

Hi Sean,

Great question. As far as I know, and please others chime in if I am wrong,
it works the same way as a layer that is there for you to turn off and on.
Also the BBC iPlayer has not only audio description you can toggle on and
off but sign language as well (although I have not yet come across a show
that has used the latter, if anyone has, please let me know!). I believe
theirs was home grown and seems to work the same way, as it can be toggled
mid program or scene.

Cheers

Lisa

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 9:15 PM Murphy, Sean <
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> Lisa,
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> Then how does Netflix and Apple streaming do it? Your not running a
> different video. You can turn off the audio streaming half way through the
> show if you want. I was under the impression there was a different
> streaming protocol for audio and captions.
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> Sean
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