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tired-fandom-ndn · 8 months ago

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Transcripts are not for the transcriber's jokes or text speech (if a character says "see you later", the transcripts better not fucking say "C U") or background info that isn't part of the audio. Transcripts are accessibility aids and should provide full and accurate text that matches the audio.

I'm sorry if this makes me a killjoy, but those little additions are really only fun for the transcribers; the people who actually need those transcripts just want to understand the show without getting distracted or confused by inaccurate transcripts.

#look i am hoh (probably i haven't gotten a diagnosis but) and mostly use transcripts to fill things in #audio is very confusing for me and i miss a lot of it but it's a lot easier to understand with the transcripts #but that also means that i can recoginze when the transcripts don't match or say bullshit that isn't in the audio #which is frustrating and confusing for me #but Deaf people and many other hoh people DON'T know when the transcripts are wrong #and it's fucking cruel and ableist to fuck with accessibility aids for your own amusement or convenience

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