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# Haha
Do they have a clever voice recognition thing to do subtitles for news etc, or is it a work experience kid hammering away?
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:21, archived)
# It used to be people who could type really really fast and accurately for live stuff
Might have moved over to voice recognition now, sometimes you get mistakes in it (like girth instead of earth).

Pre recorded programmes are easy to subtitle.
(I helped save b3ta! thistle, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:31, archived)
# They don't type letter by letter
they have quick-typing combinations for different sounds or something.

/edit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtitling#Live
(I helped save b3ta! giant_squid, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:32, archived)