Affiliations: [a] ETSISI/Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain | [b] CS GANDHI, MADRID, Spain
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Jesús Martínez Barbero, ETSISI/ Technical University of Madrid, Ctra. de Valencia, Km. 7 28031 Madrid, Spain. E-mail:jesus.martinezb@upm.es;jesusmbarbero@yahoo.es
Abstract: The main objective of the project presented in this paper was the creation
of a cheap multilanguage subtitling platform for live events as sports
transmission. Actually, when a TV channel want to subtitle live events,
special equipment and operational cost are needed. As a result, few TV
channels in the entire world subtitle live events or the subtitles have bad
quality. The platform presented in this paper changes the subtitle
production processes and, with few resources, provides subtitles for all the
TV channels in multiples languages for several technologies (TV channels,
WebTV, mobile). The platform was created with a centralized architecture
based on the selection of phrases for a commentator. Each phrase model has
several synonymous phrases and in multiples languages into XML file. TV
channels are able to use this plus their own subtitling system at the same.
The output of the platform was tested with several deaf viewers and the
results were better than actual subtitling systems. The platform opens a
wide area for research aimed at its own improvement and increase of revenue.
Keywords: Subtitle, deaf, hard hearing, multilanguage, TTML
