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From: Bim Egan
Date: Sep 8, 2015 5:21AM

Hi Lisa,

Identifying the speaker by name is likely to be more accessible, especially
if they are introduced at the start of the interview. It isn't beyond
reasonable that the interviewee may respond with a question of their own,
which might cause confusion if only Q and A are used. The caption
punctuation should make it clear when a question is being asked.

In the WCAG2 Understanding document for the 1.2.2 Captioning (Prerecorded)
SC, the intent includes the sentence:
"Captions not only include dialogue, but identify who is speaking and
include non-speech information conveyed through sound, including meaningful
sound effects"
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/media-equiv-captions.html

HTH,

Bim

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Subject: [WebAIM] Captioning interviews-how to

Hi All,

I didn't see this one on the list, so I thought I would ask.

I need to caption an interview between two people, one is John the
interviewer and the other is Jane the interviewee. There are just questions
and answers. In the captions, what is the best way to show who is talking?
For example, I could do names or just Q/A, examples:

John: Did you go to this place?
Jane: Yes I did.....

Q; Did you go to this place?
A: Yes I did.....

I have looked and looked and haven't found any 'best practices'. Did I miss
something? Advice?

Thanks so much!

Lisa
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