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Is it normal for a pound sign to indicate singing/music on subtitles?
Are there any other characters used to indicate something that isn't speech?
Are there any other characters used to indicate something that isn't speech?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.OfCom provides guidance to broadcasters on the use of symbols (among other things) when subtitling programmes. Annoyingly, the relevant web page doesn't display properly in my browser (Firefox), so some of the actual symbols aren't present.
However, reading the text suggests that #, rather than £, should be appearing:
http:// www.ofc om.org. uk/stat ic/arch ive/itc /itc_pu blicati ons/cod es_guid ance/st andards _for_su btitlin g/subti tling_2 .asp.ht ml
SOUND EFFECTS (& THINGS LIKE LAUGHTER) SHOULD APPEAR LIKE THIS
'Voice-overs and other speech that's not directly on screen can be shown like this'
"Mechanically-produced speech, such as that from a radio, can appear like this"
However, reading the text suggests that #, rather than £, should be appearing:
http://
SOUND EFFECTS (& THINGS LIKE LAUGHTER) SHOULD APPEAR LIKE THIS
'Voice-overs and other speech that's not directly on screen can be shown like this'
"Mechanically-produced speech, such as that from a radio, can appear like this"
I don't think that's what EC was asking about, Conne, but here's your missing link anyway:
http:// fsymbol s.com/
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