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Humanizing nameless speakers

Posted on February 24, 2012August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek Captioning, Speaker IDs

The Speaker ID is a powerful tool in the captioner’s arsenal. Care must be taken with it. When used carelessly or applied rigidly, it can do some damage to the integrity of the narrative.

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Dr. Sean Zdenek is associate professor of technical and professional writing at the University of Delaware. He has been keenly interested in closed captioning for over a decade and writing about it since 2009. Send him an email (zdenek@udel.edu) or follow him on Twitter (@seanzdenek).

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