# Caption and Transcript Review

Verify speech, speaker identity, important sounds, timing, synchronization, non-speech information, formatting, links, and media-text consistency.

## Usage note

Review captions while watching and listening to the final edited media, and review the transcript as a standalone resource. Follow applicable accessibility requirements and involve qualified captioners, translators, or audio-description specialists when needed. Automated speech recognition can create a starting draft, but names, numbers, accents, technical terms, speakers, and consequential wording require human verification.

## How to use this template

1. Lock the media version and collect approved names, terminology, script, sources, and style requirements.
2. Compare every caption or transcript passage with speech and visual information.
3. Add speaker identification and meaningful non-speech sound without unnecessary noise.
4. Test synchronization, segmentation, display, player controls, transcript structure, and mobile use.
5. Resolve uncertainty, complete language review, and link release ownership to the final media version.

## Blank template

### Media context

- **Media title and ID:** [Stable identifier]
- **Final version:** [Export/build/date]
- **Duration and language:** [Time; source language]
- **Caption type:** [Closed, open, live, translated]
- **Transcript location:** [URL or file]
- **Approved names and terms:** [Glossary/source]
- **Style guide:** [Caption conventions]
- **Reviewer and environment:** [Name; player/device]

### Review issue

- **Timestamp:** [Start–end]
- **Current text:** [Caption/transcript]
- **Audio or visual source:** [What occurs]
- **Issue:** [Accuracy, speaker, sound, timing, line break, visual information]
- **Consequence:** [Meaning, identity, action, accessibility]
- **Revision:** [Exact text or timing]
- **Verification source:** [Speaker, script, document, visual]
- **Locale implication:** [Translation or timing]

### Completion checks

- [ ] Review uses the locked final media.
- [ ] Names, numbers, quotations, and technical terms are verified.
- [ ] Speakers are identifiable when visuals are insufficient.
- [ ] Meaningful sounds and on-screen information have equivalents.
- [ ] Segmentation and timing follow natural phrasing.
- [ ] Captions avoid obscuring important visuals.
- [ ] Transcript headings and links support navigation.
- [ ] Localized tracks and live published assets are verified.