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Re: Captioning Compliance

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From: Sandy
Date: Mar 19, 2013 3:21PM

>
> - captions should be a verbatim
> representation of what is spoken, although you can edit out the
> filler (uh, ah, etc.)

A friend who reads lips *hates* when what he calls "para-language" is
taken out. He relies on a combination of lip-reading and captions, if
they're available. He sees the "uh" and "ah" but isn't sure if it's a
word that the captions didn't catch or a mumble.

just a thought.

Sandy