Videorecordings with Closed Captioning or Subtitling

Closed Captioning assumes the viewer is unable to hear any auditory information. Cues to non-speech auditory information are included, e.g., [Tires screeching] or [Horn honks] or [Both laugh].

Audio descriptions are sometimes an available option as well, which adds a narration of the action, e.g., In black and white, two men in a dark sedan motor up ...  Hear samples of audio description from the Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind.

You can sample both options on the same flim clip at http://www.vitac.com/index.asp

Subtitles assume that the viewer can hear, but needs the language translated. Therefore, subtitles usually provide dialogue and narration only.