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Check a subtitle file
Open an .srt or .vtt file to check its timing, line length and reading speed, and to repair text typed in old Georgian fonts. The file stays on your device: nothing is uploaded.
Result
The text looks as if it was typed in an old Georgian font such as AcadNusx, so it shows as Latin letters.1
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What it checks
- At most 2 lines per subtitle, and 42 characters per line.2,3
- At least ⅚ of a second and at most 7 seconds on screen.2
- Reading speed: 17 characters a second in Georgian and other languages, 20 in English.4,3
- Subtitles that overlap, run backwards in time, or are empty.
- In Georgian: text from old fonts, Mtavruli capitals, and straight quotation marks.
Downloaded files are numbered in order, saved in UTF-8, and cleaned of empty lines inside subtitles. The rules behind each check are in the style guide.
Old Georgian fonts
Before Unicode, Georgian was often typed with fonts such as AcadNusx, which draw Georgian letters in place of Latin ones. On a computer without that font, the text shows as Latin letters.1 The converter turns each letter back into Georgian using the Georgian keyboard layout: for example, T becomes თ and W becomes ჭ.5 Check a few lines after converting.
Where this information comes from
- ProZ.com. "Georgian Fonts": text in non-Unicode fonts such as LitNusx and AcadNusx shows as Latin characters without those fonts.
- Netflix. "Timed Text Style Guide: General Requirements." Netflix Partner Help Center.
- Netflix. "English (USA) Timed Text Style Guide." Netflix Partner Help Center.
- Netflix. "Greek Timed Text Style Guide." Netflix Partner Help Center.
- Microsoft. Georgian (QWERTY) keyboard layout (kbdgeoqw), as published by kbdlayout.info.