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Select Include V-Chip Information to generate V-Chip Program Rating Data.
Additional information on the V-Chip, Television Parental Guidelines, Motion Picture
Guidelines and Canadian Guidelines can be found at TV Parental Guidelines
(http://www.tvguidelines.org/), Motion Picture Association of America (http://www.mpaa.org/),
and V-Chip Canada (http://www.vchipcanada.ca/) web sites.
MacCaption generates rating information for the Television Parental Guideline Rating system,
the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Rating system, the Canadian English
Language Rating System and the Canadian French Language Rating System.
Each of these rating systems is accessible from the Type drop-down menu. The rating
abbreviations are explained on each menu except the Television Parental Guidelines, they are as
follows:
TV-MA – Mature Audiences Only
TV-14 – Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-PG – Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-G – General Audience
TV-Y7 – Directed To Older Children
TV-Y – All Children
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FV – Fantasy Violence
V – Graphic Violence
S – Explicit Sexual Activity
L – Crude and/or Indecent Language
D - Intensely Suggestive Dialogue
To generate a movie containing just Television Parental Guide Rating information, select Special
> V-Chip.
Automatic Match Text with Audio
With CaptionSync automated captioning software from Automatic Sync Technologies, the
captioner connects to the internet and uploads the script and the corresponding audio file to a file
server. Within minutes, a time stamped script file will be displayed on the computer.
You can buy this service by contacting Automatic Sync Technologies directly at 510-582-3437
or [e-mail]|. For more info please check |www.automaticsync.com
This process automates the labor-intensive job of having a captioner listen to the audio, manually
break the text into captions, and then synchronize the captions with the dialogue.
To caption a video, you need to have a text file of the audio. Usually a captioner would listen to
the audio, and manually synchronize the captions with the audio using time code. This is a
painstaking and time-consuming job. With Automatic Match Text with Audio automated
captioning service, the captioner simply connects to the internet and uploads the script and the
corresponding audio file to a file server. Within minutes, a time stamped script file will be
displayed on the computer. After reviewing the time stamped file and making some minor