Subtitles and Caption Subtitles and Caption 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does FCC stand for in the context of US caption regulations?
- Federal Caption Commission
- Federal Communications Commission (Correct answer)
- Free Caption Compliance
- Federal Content Control
Correct answer: Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates closed captioning requirements for television broadcasts in the United States.
Question 2: Which type of subtitle translates the spoken dialogue into a different language for foreign audiences?
- Closed captions
- Intralingual subtitles
- Interlingual subtitles (Correct answer)
- SDH subtitles
Correct answer: Interlingual subtitles
Interlingual subtitles translate dialogue from one language (source) to another language (target) for foreign viewers.
Question 3: What is 'verbatim captioning'?
- Captions that summarize spoken content
- Captions that transcribe every spoken word exactly as said (Correct answer)
- Captions generated by automatic speech recognition only
- Captions that omit filler words like 'um' and 'uh'
Correct answer: Captions that transcribe every spoken word exactly as said
Verbatim captioning transcribes every spoken word exactly as uttered, including false starts, filler words, and repetitions.
Question 4: In live captioning, what technology do CART providers use to produce real-time captions?
- Voice recognition software only
- Stenography machines with specialized software (Correct answer)
- AI translation engines
- Keyboard transcription at high typing speeds
Correct answer: Stenography machines with specialized software
CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) providers use stenography machines that allow trained stenographers to write phonetic shorthand translated into text in real time.
Question 5: What is the minimum caption accuracy rate required by FCC rules for pre-recorded television programming?
- 90%
- 95%
- 98% (Correct answer)
- 100%
Correct answer: 98%
The FCC requires pre-recorded television captions to achieve at least 98% accuracy to ensure meaningful access for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
Question 6: Which subtitle positioning is generally preferred to avoid obscuring important on-screen action?
- Top center of the screen
- Bottom center of the screen (Correct answer)
- Top left corner
- Bottom right corner
Correct answer: Bottom center of the screen
Subtitles are conventionally placed at the bottom center of the screen, where they are least likely to cover important visual content.
Question 7: What is a 'burn-in' subtitle (also called 'open subtitle' or 'hardcoded subtitle')?
- A subtitle that can be turned on or off by the viewer
- A subtitle permanently embedded into the video image that cannot be disabled (Correct answer)
- A subtitle file encoded in the DVD menu system
- A subtitle generated by the TV's built-in decoder
Correct answer: A subtitle permanently embedded into the video image that cannot be disabled
Burn-in subtitles are permanently rendered into the video frames during encoding and cannot be toggled off by the viewer.
Subtitles and Caption Subtitles and Caption 3
What does FCC stand for in the context of US caption regulations?