Back in the old days all subtitles were actually written by humans. TV studios would have huge rooms full of transcriptionists who typed all the subtitles in real time, for every show, on big mechanical keyboards. It’s kind of remarkable they could hear anything over how loud those keyboards were. Eventually Big Stenography started snapping up all the transcriptionist talent so the networks switched to AI transcription, which is why today’s subtitles don’t have the same warmth or depth that classic subtitles have.
Back in the old days all subtitles were actually written by humans. TV studios would have huge rooms full of transcriptionists who typed all the subtitles in real time, for every show, on big mechanical keyboards. It’s kind of remarkable they could hear anything over how loud those keyboards were. Eventually Big Stenography started snapping up all the transcriptionist talent so the networks switched to AI transcription, which is why today’s subtitles don’t have the same warmth or depth that classic subtitles have.