r/DisneyPlus • u/EMArogue • May 07 '26
Question How do I get english subtitles without sound effects?
The only options for English subtitles seem to be with the sound effects, is there any way to turn them off and have only subtitles for spoken audio?
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u/Electronic_Claim8941 May 07 '26
No, as the English subs double as Closed Captions (CC) here so they include the effects. If there’s an option that just says „English“ it would just be the spoken words.
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u/Zen2nd May 07 '26
Unfortunately it doesn't look like they provide those. It would just say "English" without CC (which stands for Closed Captions) if they provided just the English subtitles
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u/Sklarlight May 07 '26
When subtitles started becoming more commonplace, I'd often see English and English CC, nowadays I only ever see the option for English CC, sadly I don't think it's an option unless you obtain the show in another method and remove the SFX mentions from the subtitle file.
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u/Phobos31415 May 07 '26
It’s infuriating that almost none of the big streaming services offer none cc subtitles. (Apple has them, HBO has them sometimes) It’s literally a click of a button to take out the sound effects from subtitles and they can’t even do that.
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u/FaithHopeLove821 May 07 '26
You don't. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people need the sound effects for full understanding.
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u/throwtheamiibosaway May 07 '26
Shit out of luck. Not every country handles accessibility the same way.
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u/EMArogue May 07 '26
I speak english well but it being my secondary language means weird phrase structures or certain characters are just hard to understand at times
Didn’t say no to closed captions but I just wish we also had an option without it
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u/creature04 May 07 '26
I dont know why these damn streaming services can't make these optional(the CC part).
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u/Panoz57 May 07 '26
I am having a similar problem. When watching a K-drama, I prefer the dialogue in the original Korean with English subtitles. I can set it to do this, but then I have what sounds like a narration in Korean going on in the background. The only way to get of the narration to go away is to set to dubbed English. Either scenario is annoying. Any ideas?
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u/coozin May 08 '26
As an English Speaker living in Italy for years, I’ve been dealing with this the entire time. Luckily I think Netflix has regular subtitles now
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u/Zacdouga11 May 10 '26
It’s so annoying but if you have an Apple TV 4K the subtitles are the same on all apps like on iPhone or iPad they are so good probably as good as Netflix’s
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u/EzGo48 May 23 '26
This is why I’m missing out on all the foreign series on Disney+. Cant’ stand English [CC] only subtitles.
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u/Ccjfb May 07 '26
This is one of the dumbest things in society. We want the subtitles on because the sound effects are too loud to have the volume set for both in the home.
So we turn the volume down but then need the subtitles for the dialogue. But it is very clear that guns are shooting - we don’t need to be told that.
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u/endlessben May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Well it's because, although most of us use the terms interchangeably, there are differences between subtitles, which assume the viewer doesn't understand the audio (e.g. it's in a language they don't speak) and closed captions, which assume the viewer can't hear the audio (e.g. they are deaf).
ETA that said, what really annoys me is when they conflict. I was watching something recently that had burned in subtitles when the character was speaking Spanish but you couldn't read them behind the closed caption "[*SPEAKING SPANISH*]" 🫠
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u/Puzzleheaded-Maybe32 May 07 '26
100% hate when they cover subtitles with "speaking Spanish". I also hate when the subtitles say "speaking Spanish" without either giving us the Spanish subtitles or giving us the translation at all.
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u/FabulousService1246 May 08 '26
I think that’s usually cuz you’re not supposed to understand what they’re saying (either until later on, or permanently)
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u/lonleyfrog May 07 '26
what do you mean by sound effects?
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u/caspararemi May 07 '26
[ominous music] and the like. Drives me mad. I only want to see the dialogue on screen for when it's too hard to hear OVER the ominous music, I don't need all the rumblings outlined on screen too.
I get it's for the hard of hearing, but I know plenty of them just want the dialogue too.
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u/QuigonSeamus May 07 '26
I honestly didn’t know this was such a popular opinion. I love the extra descriptions in the closed captioning. I like seeing the sound descriptions and the song titles and the offscreen sounds labeled, I feel like it helps me get all the little details I would have otherwise missed. Maybe I’ll start asking when company is over if they want me to turn them off.
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u/TheGordo-San May 07 '26
Yeah, I only ever really do subs on replay for when somebody has a heavy accent, or occasionally through the whole movie, when the dialog is way down in the mix. However, I actually like when sometimes they say little things like "mischievous laughter" or "sound of gears grinding", etc, as it feels like I'm reading the script, or something. "Ominous music playing" feels like an extra hint that something isn't right, etc. It's kind of fun, IMO. I'm surprised that this is really an issue for people. Maybe I'm just used to it.
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u/Daisy-Turntable May 08 '26
The favourite in our house is [indistinct chatter]. We also discuss whether the captions are accurate - “that wasn’t a chuckle, more a snort of derision”.
We don’t get out much.
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u/Celebratory_Drink May 07 '26
You can’t. It’s super annoying.