General Chat

Sometimes we use the subtitles on TV and at times the news reports make for interesting reading....Not unlike some of the enumerators writings or the census transcriptions.
They are probably using a Soundex type system and today's lunchtime captions were a gem.

Instead of reporting on a Sussex vicar, subtitles mentioned 'a sausage filler'.

Gwyn

perhaps he was monlighting in a sausage factory!!!!

LOL sausage filler!!
Machines are great - but sometimes they just can't do what a human can do!!

K

When you actually need them as I sometimes do if the programme is really low or I don't want to disturb others in the room, they can be annoying. Some programmes are totally out of sinc.

Ann
Glos

I know what you mean Ann.
I have had 2 ops. on my ears and some accents and tones are difficult to follow.
A phone call to OH at lunchtime meant I was watching the local news with subtitles.

Gwyn

I wear a hearing aid but even with that it is sometimes difficult to pick out words, especially if the person speaking is not facing the camera.

have you also noticed that most times, the Plus I hour programs on freeview the subtitles are SOOOOO far out of sync?

that its almost useless..........

Bob

going off at a slight tangent, years ago went with my lovely OH to a Western film and all the way through I'm saying - the sound is out of synch!! Rang the cinema next day to complain, saying to the manager "They may as well have been speaking in a foreign language" to which he replied "Well they were"" It was one of those spaghettie westerns!! I felt a bit of a dickhead!!

I feel very sorry for peeps who have to rely on this service. I was absolutely gobsmacked one very late evening when I was playing around with the subtitle button on the remote. What was being put out was so not what was being said.

In fact I find it very funny, but then as I said, thankfully, I dont have to rely on this service. It definately needs improving.

Tina x

An old thread, but thought I'd add one just seen on the news.

Referring to the intruders at Buckingham Palace, the report on subtitles mentioned 'The Queen and the chook of Edinburgh'

one I saw whilst waiting in the bank a few weeks ago regarding the long queues at the Gibraltar checkpoint

"people are injuring Jews" instead "enduring queues" :-D :-D

Another little gripe,
supposedly the news and weather items are scripted.............(ie reading from the autocue) why cant the sub-title'rs have this info beforehand so that accurate titles are broadcast..........in sync.......

Bob

To those of us who half rely on sub titles but who can also hear what they should be they are just aggravating it is worth remembering that some people rely totally on them so I do wish they would find a fool proof system

Ear infection this week means I've used subtitles alot.

There have been a few 'gems'.

Interesting news item about Mystic Lake.??
( say it aloud and think 'yellow')

One has to really concentrate to glean what they are reporting about sometimes.

......then there was the BBC news, reporting on the Chinese New Year.
The subtitles declared it was the 'Year of the Whores' :-D :-D

Ha ha Gwyn :-D

I use the subtitles and some of the words that come on just crease me up..

Hi Wend x

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Please put me out of my misery . . . what was 'Mystic Lake' really? ;-)

The picture showed Mr. Clegg !

I use sub titles all the time. Sometimes they even correct themselves!! :-D