Egads!

[eveglass]

What is it with these uber-long, challenging files I've been getting over the last week and a half? Yesterday was nice and simple, and today I'm back on the "head 'splode now, kthxbye*."

Did you know Cool Runnings has songs? Songs that need to be included for the deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences? Songs that don't have lyrics anywhere on the internet? Songs that are in fast, impossible-to-understand Jamaican accents?

Yeah, me either. Until today. Stupid songs.


* This link provided for the benefit of my mom and other readers are aren't web-obsessive like I am.

Comments

[absurd.livejournal.com]

I guess the fact of it is obvious from the fact that this is a problem, but why can't it be captioned as "Reggae Music in Background"?

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

This is a problem because apparently in the States there are certain laws that require all captions intended for the hearing-impaired to match what a hearing audience would understand. Which pretty much means that if there are lyrics, they need to be included. Some studios still don't do this, and they're flirting with problems with the law.

Note that subtitles *not* intended for the hearing-impaired (intended, for example, for foreign audiences) don't need to have songs included, and most don't.

But when it comes to subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, you need to have lyrics.