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The impact of text segmentation on subtitle reading

Gerber-Morón, O; Szarkowska, A; Woll, B; (2018) The impact of text segmentation on subtitle reading. Journal of Eye Movement Research , 6 (5) pp. 1-12. 10.16910/jemr.11.4.2. Green open access

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Abstract

In this paper we address the question whether shot changes trigger the re-reading of subtitles. Although it has been accepted in the professional literature on subtitling that subtitles should not be displayed over shot changes as they induce subtitle re-reading, support for this claim in eye movement studies is difficult to find. In this study we examined eye movement patterns of 71 participants watching news and documentary clips. We analysed subject hit count, number of fixations, first fixation duration, fixation time percent and transition matrix before, during and after shot changes in subtitles displayed over a shot change. Results of our study show that most viewers do not re-read subtitlescrossing shot changes.

Type: Article
Title: The impact of text segmentation on subtitle reading
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.16910/jemr.11.4.2
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.6.5.3
Language: English
Additional information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Keywords: Subtitling; shot changes; deaf; hard of hearing viewers; eye movements; transition matrix
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054420
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