· cueing· readability
How we choose subtitle cue boundaries
Cue boundaries are a readability decision, not just a timing one. Here is the rule set we use to split a word-aligned transcript into readable lines.
Forced alignment · not transcription
Notes on forced alignment
How timing actually works, written for people who already have the words and only need them to land on the right frames.
- · fundamentals· timing
Why subtitle timings drift
Timings drift for physical reasons, not because the tool is lazy. What moves a cue, why re-transcribing compounds it, and how forced alignment removes it.