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-**In short:** \\
-**Control chars** – ()[]\*\* –: fewer are better \\
-**Content:** if applicable word for word \\
-These guidelines are the result of a lot of discussion including sing language interpreter also doing subtitles and a deaf person using subtitles. Also I used this (german): https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/service/untertitel/Untertitel-Standards,untertitelstandards102.html
-The following was our common result:
-=== In dialogs the person speaking has to be indicated ===
-Full names are only useful when first using them. After that please use a form of abbreviation. If you use first names or family names is up to you (different might be appropriate from talk to talk), but the prinpipal is always: the shorter the better!
-== example: ==
-> Constanze Kurz: welcome! \\
-> *applause* \\
-> Kurz: nice to have you here! \\
-> Frank Rieger: also a warm welcome from me, too! \\
-> Rieger: … \\
-== example: (only first/nick names are known) ==
-> Laura: Hi Alice! Hi Bob! \\
-> B: Hi Laura, how're you? \\
-> A: Hi! \\
-> L: I'm fine, thanks! \\
-=== No parenthesis around names! ===
-=== dialog between only two people can be further simplified ===
-== example: ==
-> - Hey, everything's fine? \\
-> - yes, how about you? \\
-> - all done and dusted \\
-> - then we'll see each other tomorrow!
-=== cuttings are allowed, but should be avoided ===
-"Ehm"s, stumbling or words that were said twice can be omitted, but not if they're important (e.g. for a joke)
-=== Subtitles are in direct speech, but no quotation marks, except there's really a quote ===
-=== numbers should be written in digits, because that's shorter. If readability is affected, you can write numbers in words (mostly only with numbers from one to twelve) ===
-=== Sounds are marked with "*". ===
-Unfortunately there is a bug in amara which uses the * for italic. Just ignore it we will fix that with a script in the textfiles.
-== Examples: ==
-> *applause* \\
-> &#42;laughing&#42; \\
-> *loud laughing* \\
-> *boo* \\
-> *disquietness* \\
-> *phone ringing* \\
-=== explicit linebreaks in amara can be created with [Shift]+[Return] ===
-== example: ==
-> Well, yes, thank you very much for your talk (linebreak)
-> *standing ovation*
-=== Q&A ===
-in the Q&A part you can do it like that. Name at first appearence the Angel with "Angel:" or "XY Angel" if you want to specify the type of angel, questions with "Question:", answers as "Answer:". Later abbreviate to eather only the type of angel, e.g. "Audio:", "Signal:", "Herald:" or "Angel:" and abbreviate question and answer to "Q:" and "A:" for shortness.
-== example: ==
-> Herald Angel: We welcome to this talk Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman,  \\
-> *raging applause* \\
-> Herald: … Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. \\
-> *cautios applause* \\
-> Herald: And now have fun with the talk: "How does good software look like?" \\
-> Torvalds: Good evening \\
-> *applause* \\
-> Stallmann: Evening \\
-> *applause* \\
-> Gates: Good evening \\
-> *applause* \\
-> Jobs: Evening \\
-> *applause* \\
-> Stallman: Software must be free. That's the highest principle! \\
-> Gates: And how does the programmer make a living of it? Air and love? \\
-> Torvalds: My software is used on a huge bunch of devices and programmers are paid to develop that software, when it should be used on new devices. \\
-> Jobs: And what about the UI design? Only if it looks good software is also used! \\
-> Stallman: I want to use the CLI! \\
-> Gates: To send users back to the hell of text, after they got to know graphical user interfaces … \\
-> Jobs: … which YOU stole from US! There's still a court decision pending! \\
-> Stallman: Good concepts are always copied and further developed, just like with the code. \\
-> Torvalds: That reminds me of a specific line of code that was actually copied from Linux to Windows: "if OPEN BRACKET …
-=== If you have a talk which is totally mixed in two or more languages, then use the language "Klingon" in amara (seriously) ===
-Afterwards there can be a whole translation to english and german and whatever.