ASTM F3761-26
Standard Guide for Captioning
| Standard number: | ASTM F3761-26 |
| Released: | 01.06.2026 |
| Status: | Active |
| Pages: | 37 |
| Section: | 14.03 |
| Keywords: | accommodation; Americans with Disabilities Act; assistive technology; automatic speech recognition; broadcast captioning; caption frame; caption presentation style; captioner; captioning; captioning file; captions; CART captioning; closed captioning; closed captions; communication access; C-Print; deaf; disability; effective communication access; equal communication access; hard of hearing; late-deafened adult; meaning-for-meaning; on-site captioning; open captions; post-production captioning; realtime captioning; remote captioning; respeaking; steno-captioning; stenography; subtitles; transcript; TypeWell; verbatim; video captioning; voice writing; word-for-word; |
| ASTM number: | ASTM F3761 |
1.1 This guide covers captioning services and products in the marketplace.
1.2 In this guide, providers, students, trainers, and customers are informed of the many types of captioning and their nuanced differences to inform their buying decisions and improve the quality of products and services.
1.3 This guide also gives an overview of court reporting for informational and comparison purposes. This is because realtime captioning is an offshoot of court reporting, and the two industries use similar techniques and technologies.
1.4 While the following items are mentioned, it is beyond the scope and purpose of this guide to discuss them in detail:
(1) Court reporting,
(2) Deposition reporting,
(3) Transcription,
(4) Translation,
(5) Artificial intelligence,
(6) Machine interpreting, and
(7) Machine translation.
1.5 International readers should take into consideration that this standard was developed in the United States.
Table of Contents | |
Scope | 1 |
Referenced Documents | 2 |
Terminology | 3 |
Significance and Use | 4 |
Characteristics of Captioning | 5 |
Quality Assessment of Captioning | 6 |
Provider Qualifications | 7 |
Education and Training for Captioners | 8 |
Certification and Credentialing | 9 |
Advocacy Organizations | 10 |
Technological Requirements | 11 |
General Considerations for Consumers and Clients | 12 |
What to Look for in a Captioner or Agency | 13 |
Considerations for Producing Post-Production Captions In-House | 14 |
Responsibilities of Parties | 15 |
Considerations when Working with Other Service Providers | 16 |
Automatic Speech Recognition | 17 |
General Considerations for Realtime Captioners | 18 |
General Considerations for Post-Production Captioners | 19 |
Keywords | 20 |
Appendix XI: KEYWORDS AND TERMINOLOGY INDEX | Appendix X1 |
Appendix X2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION | Appendix X2 |
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.