Closed Captions

Closed Captions help deaf and hard of hearing people better understand video content.

General Guidelines: (If a customer makes special requests, it will override our general
guidance)

1. For ALL Closed Captions, you MUST indicate sound annotations like [music],
[coughing], [laughter], [utensils clanking].

2. Do NOT put speaker labels.

Example:

- [door opens] - [woman screams] Is that you, Ben? - [Shouts] What is it now, Pam?

3. NEVER put sound effects in brackets on the same section as dialogue unless it
is part of the dialogue. Sounds that can be part of the dialogue are noises made by the
speaker, like: [giggle], [sneeze], [cough], [laugh] etc.
Wrong:

- [door opens] - [woman screams] Is that you, Ben? [dog bark] - [laugh] What is it now,
Pam?
Right:

- [door
opens] - [woman screams] Is that you, Ben? - [dog bark] - [laugh] What is it now,
Pam?

4. Use clean verbatim - Clean verbatim means you can leave out fillers like "um" and
"ah" interjections in regular dialogue unless stuttering is a significant trait of a character.
Example:

Verbatim:

- Uhm, I think you are… yeah uhm… you're doing it wrong [chuckle]
Clean Verbatim:

- I think you are…

yeah… you're doing it wrong [chuckle]

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