One-page reference: the three-mode decision (subtitles vs voice-over vs full dub), the shared transcribe-translate-branch pipeline, the auto-subtitle timing rules (reading-speed CPS, line length, duration bounds, WebVTT/IMSC1 delivery), the per-stage quality-gate thresholds (WER, COMET, MOS, time-stretch band), and the disclosure (EU AI Act Article 50, consent, label) and accessibility (FCC/CVAA/WCAG) obligations.
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The book · Volume 3 of 7
Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From ABR and CDNs to Players, WebRTC, DRM, and the Economics of Streaming
This checklist covers a video localization pipeline: subtitles versus voice-over versus full dub, subtitle timing rules, WebVTT and IMSC1 delivery, quality gates and disclosure and accessibility duties. Volume 3 covers the delivery side in depth: subtitles and caption tracks in players, multi-language streams over ABR and CDNs, and QoE monitoring. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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