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dflprincess

(28,075 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:30 PM Jun 2014

So I'm on the treadmill at the gym tonight

and from where I am I have pretty good views of the TVs that have CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox on.

I was watching CBS but then I notice a picture of the Koch boys on the Fox tv so I decided to see what was being said. It appears that the Kochs have given a sizable donation to the United Negro College Fund and "some say" they should return it. My post is not about that.

Now, all the TVs at the gym have closed captioning and I realize that computers are probably doing the captions but wouldn't you think that scripted remarks would be fed in for captioning in advance? So, shortly after the anchor says "United Negro College Fund", in the captioning box appear the words "United Knee Grow..."

I nearly stopped in my tracks - but then I would have flipped off the back of the treadmill.

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So I'm on the treadmill at the gym tonight (Original Post) dflprincess Jun 2014 OP

"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all." - D. Quayle Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #1

Close captioning has a long way to go. madaboutharry Jun 2014 #2

A lot of captioning is phonetic rather than done by an actual human. LeftyMom Jun 2014 #3

Closed Captioning. It's the worst... JeffHead Jun 2014 #4

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)

1. "What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all." - D. Quayle

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jun 2014

madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)

2. Close captioning has a long way to go.

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:49 PM

Jun 2014

This is especially true if the program is British. The result is often hilarious.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

3. A lot of captioning is phonetic rather than done by an actual human.

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:52 PM

Jun 2014

It makes documentaries really fun- all that obscure vocabulary and accents complicate the situation. A captioning program likely wouldn't have negro in it's vocabulary because it would be offensive if it substituted it for a similar word, and aside from period pieces about race and mentions of the UNCF, when does it appear? Well, at least now that Cliven Bundy is out of the news...

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)

4. Closed Captioning. It's the worst...

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:58 PM

Jun 2014

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