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Simultaneous speech transcription and TV captions for the deaf

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Processing of Visible Language

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This paper is concerned with two related areas of research; one is the development of a portable speech transcription system for those whose hearing is impaired. A pilot study of the readability of the system’s output is reported. The second part of the paper deals with the application of this system within a television subtitling service and outlines some of the broader problems of subtitling television. An experiment comparing two styles of subtitle text is described.

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  1. Baker, R. G. TV viewing habits and preferences of the deaf and hard of hearing. In preparation.

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  1. Robert G. Baker
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  2. Andrew C. Downton
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  3. Alan F. Newell
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Paul A. Kolers

  2. Visible Language Journal, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Merald E. Wrolstad

  3. Institute for Perception Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Herman Bouma

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Baker, R.G., Downton, A.C., Newell, A.F. (1980). Simultaneous speech transcription and TV captions for the deaf. In: Kolers, P.A., Wrolstad, M.E., Bouma, H. (eds) Processing of Visible Language. Nato Conference Series, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1068-6_33

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