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[David B]

Originally Posted by jimpiano

Editing reports in a newscast by adding sounds that did not occur at an event is a violation of the Broadcast Standards of any reputable TV news organization. It is not permitted even on taped reports.

If there is a 5-7 second lag on the closed captioning appearing on the screen from when the words are actually spoken it is due to the time it takes for the captioner to hear the words and type them. If the words are appearing as the newscaster reads then the captions are coming from the teleprompter.

Check it out the next time you are in a bar and the TVs show captioning.

That is simply not true. Obviously you dont' deal with closed captioning for a living, I do. We close caption live each week and then we closed caption an edited show.

In a live event, there is hardly a delay, they are hearing the words as they are spoken and the lag might be maximum one or two seconds.

In a taped event, the captioning is actually recorded onto the tape and thus you have the captioning appear just as soon as it is read or spoken.

The technology is very very expensive and simply hasn't caught up yet to the demands of the FCC through the laws that actually made any broadcast over 15 minutes have closed captioning.

You can provide the captioner with a script of what you are going to say and they can go along with you for the most part, however, if you deviate any the captioner is lost thus most quality programs do not use that type of service.

The best way is to let the captioner do it on the fly, they are accurate and there are companies who are very good at it.

As for TV, NFL or MLB owns the broadcasts and they can add anything they want. Just watch ESPN a while and you will see it every single day.

Thansk
David