Open AccessThe reception of subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing in Spanish TV news programs
Author(s) -
Ana Tamayo,
Julio de los Reyes Lozano,
José Luis Mart í Ferriol
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
comunicación y sociedad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-9042
pISSN - 0188-252X
DOI - 10.32870/cys.v2021.7875
Subject(s) - comprehension , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , sample (material) , multimedia , computer science , audiology , medicine , artificial intelligence , chemistry , chromatography , programming language
The current paper presents a study on the subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) in Spanish TV news programs (live and semi-live subtitling). The aim of this reception study is to analyze users’ comprehension and assessment of live and semi-live SDH. A contemporary corpus comprising items from real news broadcasts was used for the research, and a sample of 52 deaf and hard-of-hearing participants was recruited for the experiment, which was carried out through a variety of virtual and live sessions. The results show that users consider the quality of SDH acceptable and audiovisual comprehension insufficient.