I use closed captioning because I am severely hearing impaired, and sometmes the captions

[tblue37]

are hilariously wrong but still comprehensible. For example, "sicko pants" for "sycophants."

Just now the CC for an article I was reading rendered "Pulitzer Prize" as "pullet surprise."

LOL!

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. But hey, technology is better with more A.I.! (sarcasm intended)

What I find funny is how they think they are saving money by getting a machine to do it, yet the data centers that they will need to do this job can cost more than hiring an entire state's worth of people to do it.

Hysterical.

[Biophilic]

2. Or not. Perhaps at this point just really, really sad.

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. Yes.

I laugh because otherwise I would cry.

[Biophilic]

7. Yup.

[melm00se]

20. The language recongition

software for CC has always had problems with uncommon words and proper nouns.

[applegrove]

4. LOL!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I sometimes used closed captioning because the audio is poor or absent

or I'm in a library (which doesn't allow speakers on its computers - have to carry ear buds I think). and yes the conversion to print is good but has errors. Don't they allow the host to upload a preview of technical terms or key words first?

[rurallib]

6. I think a lot of us play this game for one reason or another

and you are right. Sometimes the 'interpretation' can be hilarious or leave us scratching our heads trying to figure out what they are trying to say.

[MLAA]

8. Good ones!

[marble falls]

9. Brilliant! Just give TACO the "pullet surprise". He lays tons of eggs and he'll never know the difference!

[TexasTowelie]

10. The same issues arise when providing transcripts for the videos that I post here.

I lightly peruse through the transcripts looking for misspellings and correcting names before I hit the post button. While they slip my mind, some of the misinterpretations are hilarious.

[pandr32]

11. Ha! Me, too.

The spelling is atrocious!

[wishstar]

12. My favorite CC was "Patsy Baloney" for WH atty Pat Cipollone during Jan 6 hearings

So many CC's are seriously messed up and hilarious!

[Scrivener7]

14. I came here to say this. That was just hilarious!

[DFW]

18. I wonder how they would have treated the daughter of R.I. Politician "Buddy" Cianci

He named his daughter Nancy Ann.

Nancy Ann Cianci.

Or: Nan-cy-an-cy-an-cy

[Emile]

13. We use closed captioning all the time. I turn it off only for sports.

Find it very helpful while listening to singers on The Voice.

[Martin68]

15. My wife and I use them too, even though I wear hearing aids. I've read that closed captions are widely used for a number

of reasons, including poor sound quality and the lack of clarity in the speech of some actors. I used to teach English, so I always notice mistakes in the captions, some of which are very funny in context. Love that "sicko pants" example! Maybe we should start a thread with funny examples we come across on a daily basis.

[joanbarnes]

16. I use them also...

..as a former transcriptionist and editor I tend to get especially cracked up. In my other life, accuracy mattered.

[patphil]

17. My wife has the same problem and we often use CC.

I agree, the translations of spoken words into text are often hilarious.

[chowder66]

19. I can't recall what show it was but there was an early scene where a guy goes out to light a bonfire

and there are townspeople reveling and music playing.

The subtitle said "bagpipes playing" but it was fiddles. LOL.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. My favorite was....gang green.....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. I use it with some British or Irish shows, because even though they're speaking English,

it's Greek to me.