Captions, subtitles & timed text · Core

Speaker identification

Also called: speaker label

ELI5

Text identifying who is speaking when the voice is not otherwise clear.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the speaker identification before work begins.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Speaker identification” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.