Paper Info
Title
Speaker-Following Video Subtitles
Abstract
We propose a new method for improving the presentation of subtitles in video (e.g., TV and movies). With conventional subtitles, the viewer has to constantly look away from the main viewing area to read the subtitles at the bottom of the screen, which disrupts the viewing experience and causes unnecessary eyestrain. Our method places on-screen subtitles next to the respective speakers to allow the viewer to follow the visual content while simultaneously reading the subtitles. We use novel identification algorithms to detect the speakers based on audio and visual information. Then the placement of the subtitles is determined using global optimization. A comprehensive usability study indicated that our subtitle placement method outperformed both conventional fixed-position subtitling and another previous dynamic subtitling method in terms of enhancing the overall viewing experience and reducing eyestrain.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2632111
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
video viewing experience,algorithms,design,human factors,evaluation/methodology,speaker detection,speaker-following subtitle placement,performance
Journal
11
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1551-6857
15
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.15
16
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yongtao Hu1172.20
Jan Kautz23615198.77
Yizhou Yu32907181.26
Wenping Wang42491176.19