Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Closed-captioned television presentation speed and vocabulary

C Jensema1, R McCann, S Ramsey

  • 1Institute for Disabilities Research and Training, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

American Annals of the Deaf
|October 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

This study analyzed closed-captioned television content, examining caption speed and script editing. Findings reveal average caption speeds of 141 WPM and script edits up to 19%.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Data Linkages for Wildfire Exposures and Human Health Studies: A Scoping Review.

GeoHealth·2024
Same author

A Communication.

The North-Western medical and surgical journal·2023
Same author

Recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection in the Western Australian population.

Epidemiology and infection·2019
Same author

Impact of participation in a surgical site infection surveillance network: results from a large international cohort study.

The Journal of hospital infection·2018
Same author

Emergence and spread of predominantly community-onset Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 244 infection in Australia, 2010 to 2012.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin·2015
Same author

Measles outbreak in Greater Manchester, England, October 2012 to September 2013: epidemiology and control.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin·2014

Area of Science:

  • Media accessibility research
  • Linguistics and communication studies

Background:

  • Closed-captioned television is crucial for accessibility.
  • Analysis of captioning practices provides insights into media production and delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze caption speed and script editing in television programming.
  • To identify word frequency and uniqueness in closed captions.

Main Methods:

  • Collected and processed caption data from 205 television programs.
  • Analyzed caption speed, script editing (0-19%), and word frequency (16,102 unique words).

Main Results:

  • Average caption speed was 141 words per minute (WPM), with a range of 74-231 WPM.
  • Script editing varied significantly across program types, from 0% to 19% removal.

Related Experiment Videos

  • A total of 834,726 words were analyzed, revealing 16,102 unique words.

    • Conclusions:

    • Captioning practices exhibit considerable variation in speed and editing.
    • Understanding these variations is key for improving caption quality and accessibility.
    • The study provides a quantitative basis for future research in television captioning standards.