I’m pleased and indeed honoured to be given the opportunity to provide comments on the Joint Social Issues Committee’s “Canadian English-Language Broadcasters’ Closed Captioning Standards and Protocol” manual (the “CAB captioning manual” or simply “the Manual”).
Available files
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Issues in Captions, Inc. Style: A slightly-edited version of a solicited critique of Captions, Inc. captioning style. PDF only, 82 K
- Alphabetized full comments document, with Severe, Moderate, and Minor errors listed in alphabetical order and hotlinked (2002.10.24)
- Full comments document
(18,500 words, 152 K; first posted 2002.09.22 19:00; see change history)
- PDF version
(51 pages, 284 K; merely a PDF upload of the HTML version; somewhat more convenient for printing)
- Previous list of 150-odd action items (of various degrees of importance and facility of explication) that any captioning manual must address
- Previous comments on captioning style:
- Limited list of captioning- and description-related research
