Subtitle timing
Subtitle timing (spotting) is deciding when each caption appears and disappears — synchronized to speech onset, respecting minimum durations, gaps and shot changes.
Professional conventions include a minimum display time (commonly around one second), a short gap between consecutive captions, and avoiding captions that straddle hard cuts. Word-level timestamps from transcription make automatic spotting close to human quality on clean speech.
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What is Subtitle timing?
Subtitle timing (spotting) is deciding when each caption appears and disappears — synchronized to speech onset, respecting minimum durations, gaps and shot changes.
Why does Subtitle timing matter?
Professional conventions include a minimum display time (commonly around one second), a short gap between consecutive captions, and avoiding captions that straddle hard cuts. Word-level timestamps from transcription make automatic spotting close to human quality on clean speech.
What terms are related to Subtitle timing?
Closely related concepts: Word-level timestamps, Caption reading speed — each has its own entry in this glossary.
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