CLOSED CAPTIONS
In Closed Captions, we display time-synchronized texts on your screen, in an effort to provide the viewers with interpretive information.
We clean up filler words, repetitions, stutters, but indicate non-verbal utterances. e.g. [laughing].
Speaker ID – We put dash (-) whenever the speaker is on-screen, and a name tag in brackets when they are off-screen. The name tag could be the speaker’s real name or job title, depending on the customer’s preference.
Numbers – Digits from zero to nine are spelled out, while numbers 10 and above are written in numerics.
We use ellipsis (…) for false starts or trailed off speech.
Examples of non-verbal tags used in Closed Captioning are [inaudible] [crosstalk] [music playing] [laughing] [crying] [background noise] [airplane engine roaring] et cetera.
We Use Present Continuous Tense For Non-Verbal Tags, E.G. [laughing].