So first off, let’s talk about how captions get made in the first place, and no better place to start than the caption editor. On top of that, the normal set of captions YouTube provides are generally below government standards, which include repositioning captions to dodge on-screen text, and in the case of the United Kingdom, assigning unique colours to individual on-screen voices.įinally, there is an argument to be made that within reason, a caption expert might use their own style guide and techniques to enhance the experience. Suffice it to say, captions are a public good for your fellow viewers. They also get very vocal when a video’s captions are subpar or misleading. There’s a reason we’ve had decades of regulatory oversight to make sure captions are a guaranteed part of broadcast television.įor one, people with hearing loss make up 20% of the United States population alone. Closed captions are an immensely vital part of the audio-visual experience.
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