"'Authoring tools' are terrible; there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. And of course there is no training. TV captioning is bad enough, and this stuff is generally worse"
- Joe Clark
About this Quote
Joe Clark is revealing his dissatisfaction with the existing state of authoring tools, which are software application used to develop closed captions for media gamers. He believes that there is practically no software that can do this successfully, and that the training offered for TV captioning is insufficient. He believes that the quality of captioning is currently bad, and that the authoring tools offered make it even worse. He is annoyed with the absence of quality software and training available, and thinks that the existing state of authoring tools is inadequate. He is calling for better software application and training to be established in order to enhance the quality of captioning.
This quote is written / told by Joe Clark somewhere between June 5, 1939 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from Canada.
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