diff --git a/sign_language_segmentation/bin.py b/sign_language_segmentation/bin.py
index d163080..25e79aa 100644
--- a/sign_language_segmentation/bin.py
+++ b/sign_language_segmentation/bin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from pathlib import Path
 import argparse
 import os
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 from sign_language_segmentation.src.utils.probs_to_segments import probs_to_segments
 
 
-def add_optical_flow(pose: Pose):
+def add_optical_flow(pose: Pose)->None:
     from pose_format.numpy.representation.distance import DistanceRepresentation
     from pose_format.utils.optical_flow import OpticalFlowCalculator
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def add_optical_flow(pose: Pose):
     pose.body.data = np.concatenate([pose.body.data, flow], axis=-1).astype(np.float32)
 
 
-def process_pose(pose: Pose, optical_flow=False, hand_normalization=False):
+def process_pose(pose: Pose, optical_flow=False, hand_normalization=False) -> Pose:
     pose = pose.get_components(["POSE_LANDMARKS", "LEFT_HAND_LANDMARKS", "RIGHT_HAND_LANDMARKS"])
 
     normalization_info = pose_normalization_info(pose.header)
@@ -57,14 +58,33 @@ def predict(model, pose: Pose):
         return model(pose_data)
 
 
+def save_pose_segments(tiers:dict, tier_id:str, input_file_path:Path)->None:
+    # reload it without any of the processing, so we get all the original points and such.
+    with input_file_path.open("rb") as f:
+        pose = Pose.read(f.read())
+
+    for i, segment in enumerate(tiers[tier_id]):
+        out_path = input_file_path.parent / f"{input_file_path.stem}_{tier_id}_{i}.pose"
+        start_frame = int(segment["start"])
+        end_frame = int(segment["end"])
+        cropped_pose = Pose(header=pose.header, body=pose.body[start_frame:end_frame])
+
+        print(f"Saving cropped pose with start {start_frame} and end {end_frame} to {out_path}")
+        with out_path.open("wb") as f:
+            cropped_pose.write(f)
+
+
 def get_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--pose', required=True, type=str, help='path to input pose file')
-    parser.add_argument('--elan', required=True, type=str, help='path to output elan file')
-    parser.add_argument('--video', default=None, required=False, type=str, help='path to video file')
-    parser.add_argument('--subtitles', default=None, required=False, type=str, help='path to subtitle file')
-    parser.add_argument('--model', default='model_E1s-1.pth', required=False, type=str, help='path to model file')
-    parser.add_argument('--no-pose-link', action='store_true', help='whether to link the pose file')
+    parser.add_argument("--pose", required=True, type=Path, help="path to input pose file")
+    parser.add_argument("--elan", required=True, type=str, help="path to output elan file")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--save-segments", type=str, choices=["SENTENCE", "SIGN"], help="whether to save cropped .pose files"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--video", default=None, required=False, type=str, help="path to video file")
+    parser.add_argument("--subtitles", default=None, required=False, type=str, help="path to subtitle file")
+    parser.add_argument("--model", default="model_E1s-1.pth", required=False, type=str, help="path to model file")
+    parser.add_argument("--no-pose-link", action="store_true", help="whether to link the pose file")
 
     return parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -72,25 +92,25 @@ def get_args():
 def main():
     args = get_args()
 
-    print('Loading pose ...')
+    print("Loading pose ...")
     with open(args.pose, "rb") as f:
         pose = Pose.read(f.read())
-        if 'E4' in args.model:
+        if "E4" in args.model:
             pose = process_pose(pose, optical_flow=True, hand_normalization=True)
         else:
             pose = process_pose(pose)
 
-    print('Loading model ...')
+    print("Loading model ...")
     install_dir = str(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
     model = load_model(os.path.join(install_dir, "dist", args.model))
 
-    print('Estimating segments ...')
+    print("Estimating segments ...")
     probs = predict(model, pose)
 
     sign_segments = probs_to_segments(probs["sign"], 60, 50)
     sentence_segments = probs_to_segments(probs["sentence"], 90, 90)
 
-    print('Building ELAN file ...')
+    print("Building ELAN file ...")
     tiers = {
         "SIGN": sign_segments,
         "SENTENCE": sentence_segments,
@@ -111,20 +131,31 @@ def main():
     for tier_id, segments in tiers.items():
         eaf.add_tier(tier_id)
         for segment in segments:
-            eaf.add_annotation(tier_id, int(segment["start"] / fps * 1000), int(segment["end"] / fps * 1000))
+            # convert frame numbers to millisecond timestamps, for Elan
+            start_time_ms = int(segment["start"] / fps * 1000)
+            end_time_ms = int(segment["end"] / fps * 1000)
+            eaf.add_annotation(tier_id, start_time_ms, end_time_ms)
+
+    if args.save_segments:
+        print(f"Saving {args.save_segments} cropped .pose files")
+        save_pose_segments(tiers, tier_id=args.save_segments, input_file_path=args.pose)
 
     if args.subtitles and os.path.exists(args.subtitles):
         import srt
+
         eaf.add_tier("SUBTITLE")
-        with open(args.subtitles, "r") as infile:
+        # open with explicit encoding,
+        # as directed in https://github.com/cdown/srt/blob/master/srt_tools/utils.py#L155-L160
+        # see also https://github.com/cdown/srt/issues/67, https://github.com/cdown/srt/issues/36
+        with open(args.subtitles, "r", encoding="utf-8-sig") as infile:
             for subtitle in srt.parse(infile):
                 start = subtitle.start.total_seconds()
                 end = subtitle.end.total_seconds()
                 eaf.add_annotation("SUBTITLE", int(start * 1000), int(end * 1000), subtitle.content)
 
-    print('Saving to disk ...')
+    print("Saving .eaf to disk ...")
     eaf.to_file(args.elan)
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()