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Guidance for Creating Subtitles

I recently came across this guidance from the BBC for the creation of subtitles and thought it was worth sharing.

How do I create subtitles?

This guide is an Introduction to subtitling for anyone who wants to create subtitles or open and closed captions. Read more here.

BBC Accessibility: Subtitle Guidelines

The Subtitle Guidelines describe best practice for authoring subtitles and provide instructions for making subtitle files for the BBC. This document is intended to serve as the basis for all subtitle work across the BBC: prepared and live, online and broadcast, internal and supplied. Read more here.

The Guidelines are a great resource (even if the BBC doesn’t seem to always follow its own guidelines).

Published in Subtitles / Closed Captions

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