Who Are The Idiots That Put The Text On Tv Programmes?

[10ClarionSt]

They constantly get it wrong. I can understand it with live programmes, but it is wrong loads of times on pre recorded programmes.

[-SharonA-]

Isn't it done by an audio machine, that converts speech to text??

My son once worked on a film, converting the speech to text physically. Hard job.

[gingejbee]

Tried it yourself, Clarion? Easy, was it?

[jno]

a lot of it's done by robots, I think.

My favourite from live cricket coverage: "Alastair Cook will be wanting more runs" appeared as "Alastair Cook will be wanting morons."

[gingejbee]

Clarion...I've never done it, but I've not called those that have "idiots"...because I don't know just how difficult it is.

[pastafreak]

This article goes some way to explaining why it's difficult to get it right.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8816635/BBCs-mangled-subtitles-anger-viewers.html

I've seen some that are real howlers,as they can completely change the meaning of what's being said.