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Tips for Creating Effective Captions

Captions should be synchronized and appear at approximately the same time as the audio.

Words should be verbatim when time allows or as close as possible in other situations.

Descriptions for music or other sound effects should be inside square brackets, such as [music] or

[laughter].

Captions should appear on-screen long enough to be read.

Captions should be limited to no more than two lines on-screen.

Speakers should be identified when more than one person is on-screen or when the speaker is not vis-

ible.

Punctuation is used to clarify meaning.

Spelling should be correct throughout the production.

Sound effects should be written when they add to understanding.

All words should be captioned, regardless of language or dialect.

Italics should be used when a new word is being defined or a word is heavily emphasized in speech.