Submerge - embed subtitles in movies

By Ricky Buchanan • April 29, 2007

If you want to add subtitles to your movies to play on your Mac, iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV then you’re better off with Bitfield’s new iSubtitle program which is compatible with Apple’s soft subtitle format. Submerge is still useful for merging subtitles for non-Apple playback though.

Merge your subtitle files with your movies. Then you can easily watch subtitled movies in iTunes, Front Row or on your Apple TV.

This is a great example of software that is written for a non-disability use - watching movies in a language that the user doesn’t know - but which has an AT use also - for people who are deaf or hearing impaired. ATMac is aware that translation subtitles are not as complete as those designed for closed caption use, but this program appears to work with either type and they are better than nothing when closed captions are not available.

Website: Submerge

- Ricky Buchanan

Categories: Content producers, Deaf, New Software, Users
Tags: caption, captions, CC, close captions, commercial, free trial, open caption, open captions, subtitle, subtitles

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 34 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websites she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

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