{"id":15051,"date":"2018-04-02T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/best-practices-for-caption-quality\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:31:48","slug":"best-practices-for-caption-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/best-practices-for-caption-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Need to Know About Closed Captioning Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Captioning<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">All You Need to Know About Closed Captioning Best Practices<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/elisa\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Elisa Lewis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2018-04-02T13:25:31+00:00\">April 2, 2018<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/checkmarks-1400-600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/checkmarks-1400-600.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/checkmarks-1400-600-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/checkmarks-1400-600-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/checkmarks-1400-600-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Is there such thing as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/resources\/popular-topics\/closed-captioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">captioning standards<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The DCMP defines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.captioningkey.org\/quality_captioning.html#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">captioning<\/a> as \u201cthe key to opening up a world of information for persons with hearing loss or literacy needs.\u201d However, not all captions are created equally. Standards and guidelines for captioning quality from the FCC, DCMP, and WCAG can help mitigate these inequalities and ensure that all captions successfully do what they are meant to do \u2013 offer deaf and hard of hearing individuals access to otherwise inaccessible content.<\/p>\n<h2>FCC Caption Quality Standards<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 180px; float: right; text-align: center; margin: 25px 0 10px 25px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/info.3playmedia.com\/wp-fcc.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FCC-brief-thumbnail-180.jpg\" alt=\"White Paper: FCC Updates for Closed Captioning of Online Video\" \/><\/a><br \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/info.3playmedia.com\/wp-fcc.html\"><strong>Download the Brief:<\/strong><br \/>FCC Updates for Closed Captioning of Online Video<\/a><\/div>\n<p>As of February 20, 2014, the FCC adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/2014\/04\/03\/fccs-new-quality-standards-closed-captioning-video-programming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FCC Report and Order<\/a> addressing content quality for closed captioning of video programming. These standards were meant to resolve \u201cwidespread problems\u201d with the quality of closed captions, that often \u201caffect the comprehensibility of a program.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>DCMP Captioning Guidelines<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/2015\/11\/06\/dcmp-closed-captioning-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Described and Captioned Media Program<\/a> (DCMP) provides guidelines consistent with the mandates by the FCC. These guidelines note the following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.captioningkey.org\/quality_captioning.html#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elements of quality captioning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accurate<\/strong>: Errorless captions are the goal for each production.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consistent<\/strong>: Uniformity in style and presentation of all captioning features is crucial for viewer understanding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clear<\/strong>: A complete textual representation of the audio, including speaker identification and non-speech information, provides clarity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readable<\/strong>: Captions are displayed with enough time to be read completely, are in synchronization with the audio, and are not obscured by (nor do they obscure) the visual content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equal<\/strong>: Equal access requires that the meaning and intention of the material is completely preserved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WCAG 2.0<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 180px; float: right; text-align: center; margin: 25px 0 10px 25px!important;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/info.3playmedia.com\/WP-WCAG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WCAG-wp-thumbnail-180.jpg\" alt=\"WCAG 2.0: Bringing Web Accessibility into the 21st Century\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/a><br \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/info.3playmedia.com\/WP-WCAG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download the White Paper:<\/strong><br \/>WCAG 2.0: Bringing Web Accessibility into the 21st Century<\/a><\/div>\n<p>WCAG standards are published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG has 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/glance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidelines<\/a> that are organized under 4 principles \u2013 listed below \u2013 and each have testable success criteria. The four principles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Perceivable<\/strong>: Create content that can be presented in different ways, including by assistive technologies, without losing meaning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operable<\/strong>: Make all functionality available from a keyboard, and give users enough time to read and use content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understandable<\/strong>: Make text readable and understandable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robust<\/strong>: Maximize compatibility with current and future user tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The 3Play Standard<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to captioning quality, the legal standards are quite vague. Therefore, best practices have become generally accepted across the industry. 3Play Media recognizes these best practices as the default configuration, but also understands that each file is different. We allow customers to easily select different configurations to best meet their needs.<\/p>\n<h4>Readability<\/h4>\n<p>Readability is a key component to high quality captions. Several features can impact readability including accuracy, grammar and punctuation, caption frame rate, and characters per line.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accuracy<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px 10px; float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/target.png\" alt=\"Target icon\" width=\"150\" \/><strong>:<\/strong> The industry standard for spelling is a 99% accuracy rate. 99% accuracy however, means there is still a 1% chance of error. What does this look like in an actual file? In a 10-minute file of 1,500 words, this leniency allows for 15 errors total. Our average measured accuracy is 99.6%, and we guarantee over 99%, even in cases of poor audio quality, multiple speakers, difficult content, and accents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grammar and Punctuation<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px 10px; float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/grammar.png\" alt=\"icon showing the letter a, and the word an\" width=\"150\" \/><strong>:<\/strong> Using correct grammar and punctuation is not only crucial to accuracy, but also crucial to readability. In order to ensure consistent and correct grammar and punctuation, 3Play Media transcription editors utilize the Chicago Manual of Style.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Caption Frame and Characters Per Line: <\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0 0 5px 10px; float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocl.png\" alt=\"clock icon\" width=\"150\" \/>Caption frames are typically 2 lines, with the default setting at 32 characters per line. Captions must be time-synchronized and last for at least half a second on the screen in order to give viewers enough time to read them.Although the default configurations are based on widely accepted best practices, customers may need to make adjustments to ensure maximum readability. Finding the balance between perfect sync and readability is important, and sometimes it may be necessary to sacrifice sync slightly in order to keep the captions readable.\n<p>When customizing your configurations, 3Play also allows for two different speakers to appear in the same caption frame. Additionally, you can combine two sentences on one line to get to minimum frame duration.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Caption Placement<\/h4>\n<p>Captions are typically placed in the lower center of the screen, but should be moved when they are in the way of other important content. Captions should also go away when there is a pause or silence in a program so that they don\u2019t confuse the viewer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/caption-placement.png\" alt=\"captions placed in several different positions over images\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Speaker Labels<\/h4>\n<p>How to identify speakers is at the customers discretion, although there are several frequently used options available in our account system. When names are known, they should be used to identify the speaker. If names are unknown,\u00a0 generic labels such as \u201cSpeaker\u201d or \u201cProfessor\u201d are acceptable. If there are multiple speakers, numbers are used to differentiate between more than one speaker with the same title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__<\/p>\n<p>Start captioning your videos today!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/getstarted-airplanes.png\" alt=\"Get Started with captioning today!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c28011a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__empty-msg t-category\">No Tags<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dda23514 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0\">About the author<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1439da97da9b43d5b48d58116be8bcd72d59d6b10e43e00298f39ab94f88eb5f?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1439da97da9b43d5b48d58116be8bcd72d59d6b10e43e00298f39ab94f88eb5f?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/elisa\/\" target=\"_self\">Elisa Lewis<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\">Elisa Lewis is a Senior Marketing Manager at 3Play Media, where she leads content and brand strategy. 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