Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01210:reg:10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01210
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10
Character Range: 5969–7000

10  Readability of captions
    (a)      When providing a captioning service for a program, broadcasters and narrowcasters must use captions that are readable.
    (b)      When determining whether captions are readable, the following factors must be considered in the context of the program as a whole:

        (i)            whether colour and font is used in the captions in a way that makes them legible;

        (ii)          whether the caption lines end at natural linguistic breaks and reflect the natural flow and punctuation of a sentence, so each caption forms an understandable segment;

        (iii)        whether standard punctuation of printed English has been used in the captions to convey the way speech is delivered;

        (iv)         whether the captions are positioned so as to avoid obscuring other on-screen text, any part of a speaker's face including the mouth and any other important visuals where possible; and

        (v)           whether the captions are no more than three lines in length.