Play-by-Play

In sports broadcasting, the moment-to-moment verbal description of on-screen action provided by the main commentator (e.g., who has the puck, who is passing to whom). Because play-by-play describes what sighted viewers can see, it largely duplicates visual information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences who are watching the gameplay. Captioning play-by-play alongside colour commentary contributes heavily to the high word counts that make live sports captions difficult to read in real time.