Caption review checklist

How to use it

1. Download the file and keep an editable copy for this recording.
2. Fill in the project details, then work through the checks before moving to the next step.
3. Save the completed version with your footage so the next person can see your decisions.

Use the checks that fit this recording. A checklist records a review; it does not replace watching and listening to the final video.

What is included

# Caption review checklist
Recording:
Language:
Caption filename:
Reviewer:

- [ ] Check names, brands, technical terms and numbers against the audio.
- [ ] Remove recognizer text that does not correspond to speech.
- [ ] Preserve corrections, qualifications and the meaning of each sentence.
- [ ] Start each cue when the corresponding speech starts.
- [ ] Keep cue ends after their starts and resolve accidental overlaps.
- [ ] Check reading speed; shorten text or allow more time where possible.
- [ ] Break lines at phrase boundaries rather than splitting names.
- [ ] Check the captions at the actual display size and frame shape.
- [ ] Include relevant non-speech information when the audience needs it.
- [ ] Test the exported SRT or VTT in the destination player.
- [ ] Review burned-in captions for contrast and obscured faces or graphics.
- [ ] Keep a copy of both the reviewed subtitle file and the source audio.
Unresolved words and timestamps: