[Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning

[Andrea L. Dietrich]

IMO, it depends on the quality of the captioning more than the verbatim/non-verbatim status. I do C-Print, and although I’m definitely not verbatim, and some times miss more than others, I feel like I capture the same amount of information, generally speaking, as a verbatim captionist would. Just in a more condensed form.

I think a really skilled meaning-for-meaning captionist would probably better serve most students than a mediocre verbatim captionist, but also vice versa.

-Andi :)
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Andrea Dietrich
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Subject: [Athen] Word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning

Does anyone have an opinion about word-for-word vs meaning-for-meaning captioning? Have you had students request one over the other?

Any experiences you can share with me would be greatly appreciated.
Maria

Maria Ortado

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