The standard about having it on screen long enough to read I have seen interpreted as 1-6 seconds. That is, the caption should be on screen for at least 1 full second and no longer than 6 seconds (and either one of those extremes is probably less than ideal). You're mostly aiming for captions to be on screen for 2-5 seconds, breaking at natural pauses.
The BBC has a slightly different set of standards. I think either of these sets of standards are fine if you use them consistently. I find the DCMP standard to be a little easier to understand.
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There are a couple of sets of standards you can use. This DCMP standard says:
https://www.3playmedia.com/2015/11/06/dcmp-closed-captioning-standards/
The standard about having it on screen long enough to read I have seen interpreted as 1-6 seconds. That is, the caption should be on screen for at least 1 full second and no longer than 6 seconds (and either one of those extremes is probably less than ideal). You're mostly aiming for captions to be on screen for 2-5 seconds, breaking at natural pauses.
The BBC has a slightly different set of standards. I think either of these sets of standards are fine if you use them consistently. I find the DCMP standard to be a little easier to understand.
http://bbc.github.io/subtitle-guidelines/
Thanks for sharing that info Christy, that's good to know!
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