On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:04:42 +0100, John Colby <John.Colby@uce.ac.uk> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles McCathieNevile [mailto:charles@sidar.org] > > Captioning things is something that is learned. > > <snip /> > > They do take some real effort and time to learn, and while I am > prepared to use my captions and descriptions in place of nothing, I would > rather have a professional do the job for me... > > OK if you can afford professionals. > > Not being deliberately cynical - we have a whole load of movies to make > - and just need to learn how to do it - however badly at first. Right - exactly the reason I ended up learning how to do it myself. I would suggest (following the implications of what Joe Clark says) watching as much captioned and subtitled stuff as you can, getting a feeling for the differences, and talking to users, as well as just getting in there and doing it. Good luck :-) cheersReceived on Monday, 28 June 2004 06:13:19 GMT
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