Alignment of closed captions

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• a decoder module configured to operate on the one or more computer processors to receive a video content, wherein the video content comprises audio data, image data, and closed caption data, and wherein the closed caption data comprises a plurality of captions and a corresponding plurality of times during or at which the corresponding plurality of closed captions are to be displayed during presentation of the video content
• a speech identification module configured to operate on the one or more computer processors to determine, based on at least one of the audio data and the image data prior to presentation of the video content, one or more first times associated with speech in the video content;
• a caption identification module configured to operate on the one or more computer processors to determine, based on the closed caption data prior to presentation of the video content, one or more second times associated with closed captions in the video content, wherein the one or more second times are selected from the plurality of times included in the closed caption data;
• and
• an alignment module, operatively coupled to the speech identification module and the caption identification module, and configured to operate on the one or more computer processors to output, to re-align, prior to presentation of the content, relative presentation of the speech and the captioned content in the video content, based on the determined first and second times.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions written thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processing devices of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a video content, wherein the video content comprises audio data, image data, and closed caption data, and wherein the closed caption data comprises a plurality of captions and a corresponding plurality of times during or at which the corresponding plurality of closed captions are to be displayed during presentation of the video content;
• prior to presenting video content:
• determine, for the video content based on at least one of the audio data and the image data one or more first times associated with speech in the video content;
• determine, for the video content based on the closed caption data, one or more second times associated with closed captions in the video content, wherein the one or more second times are selected from the plurality of times included in the closed caption data;
• and
• re-align relative presentation of the speech and the closed captions in the video content, based on the determined first and second times.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a video content, wherein the video content comprises audio data, image data, and closed caption data, and wherein the closed caption data comprises a plurality of captions and a corresponding plurality of times during or at which the corresponding plurality of closed captions are to be displayed during presentation of the video content;
• means for determining, based on at least one of the audio data and the image data prior to presenting the video content one or more first times associated with speech in the video content;
• means for determining, based on the closed caption data prior to presenting the video content, one or more second times associated with closed captions in the video content, wherein the one or more second times are selected from the plurality of times included in the closed caption data;
• and
• means for re-aligning relative presentation of the speech and the closed captions in the video content, based on the determined first and second times.