Representing Contextual Features of Subtitles in an Educational Context

Abstract

This paper presents a new proposal for representing the emotional and other contextual features of subtitles to be used in educational and other audiovisual material. The main features include the use of a library of video clips of the faces of Deaf signers expressing emotions and atmospheric paintings and other graphics, as well as the use of font size, colour and type and options for subtitle personalisation. It is introduced by a brief discussion of the deaf community, approaches to learning and current practice in subtitling.