QC reports – CaptionHub

A QC report brings the quality checks for one language version onto one page. It gives a Pass or Fail verdict, lists every finding, and records which limits the version was checked against. You can download it as a CSV or save it as a PDF for your records.

Who can see QC reports

Superusers, administrators and the producers assigned to a project can open the QC report for any language version in that project.

Opening a QC report

From the project page, open the menu on the original language version or on any translation and choose Show QC report.

In the caption editor, the same option sits in the editor menu.

The report page has a version picker in the top right, so you can move between the language versions of a project without going back to the project page.

Reading the verdict

The verdict box at the top says whether the version is ready to approve.

Fail means one or more findings block approval. The box lists each one: the caption number, the problem and the measurement against the limit.

Pass means nothing blocks approval. The box reads Ready for approval, or Approved once the version has been approved.

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Tip: A version that fails its QC report cannot be approved until the blocking findings are fixed. See Approving a captionset.

What the report checks

The report checks the limits from the project's language profile: for example, maximum and minimum duration, maximum characters per line, maximum lines, minimum frames between captions, and maximum reading speed in words or characters per second. Each limit is an error or a warning, depending on how your language profile sets it. Errors block approval. Warnings are listed in the findings table but don’t block approval.

See Caption limits for how to set the limits.

The findings table

Every finding appears in one table, in caption order. Each row gives the caption number, its in and out timecodes, the caption text, the issue with its measurement and limit, and the severity. A finding against the whole language version, such as unedited captions, has no caption number.

Checked against

The last section records what the version was checked against:

The language profile, and whether the limits apply to Track 1 only or to Track 1 + Track 2.

Each check that is on, with its limit and severity. Checks that are turned off are listed together on one line

For translations, the MT engine and the date it ran, the termbases it used and the style guide it followed. For an original, the custom dictionary the transcription used.

Downloading the report

Two buttons at the top of the page export the report.

Download CSV gives one row per finding, with the caption, the timecode, the check, the severity and the finding itself.

Print / PDF opens your browser's print dialog, from which you can print the report or save it as a PDF.