Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia

Zihao You

doi:10.1145/3715070.3747337

Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia

Zihao You

Computing

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Abstract

Subtitles can be consumed via TVs, laptops, and smartphones, which play a key role in many people’s daily lives. However, this marginalises people with complex accessibility needs in the context of comprehension, such as people with aphasia, a communication and language impairment. To address this accessibility challenge with a human-centred design approach, I started by building rapport with the community of focus and involving them in all stages of the design process. This paper reports on ongoing doctoral work that explores how personalising and customising subtitled media can fulfil complex accessibility needs for communities with aphasia, by delineating the research background and motivation, the accomplished work, and the proposed next steps.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSCW Companion '25
Subtitle of host publication	Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Editors	Aparecido Fabio Pinatti de Carvalho, Jessica Vitak, Xiaojuan Ma, Xinru Page, Chiara Rossitto, Norman Makoto Su, Louise Barkhuus, Monica Divitini, Amanda Lee Hughes, Jina Huh-Yoo, Claudia Ignat, Ryan Kelly, Kurt Luther, Scott McCrickard, David McDonald, Jessica Pater, Hilda Tellioglu, Adriana Vivacqua, Hao-Chuan Wang, Jie Cai, Maia Jacobs, Susanne Koch Stigberg
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	26-30
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400714801
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3715070.3747337
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2025

Keywords

Subtitles
Closed Captions
Adaptive Media
Aphasia
Participatory Design

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You, Z. (2025). Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia. In A. F. Pinatti de Carvalho, J. Vitak, X. Ma, X. Page, C. Rossitto, N. Makoto Su, L. Barkhuus, M. Divitini, A. Lee Hughes, J. Huh-Yoo, C. Ignat, R. Kelly, K. Luther, S. McCrickard, D. McDonald, J. Pater, H. Tellioglu, A. Vivacqua, H.-C. Wang, J. Cai, M. Jacobs, ... S. Koch Stigberg (Eds.), CSCW Companion '25: Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 26-30). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3715070.3747337

You, Zihao. / Adapting Subtitles : Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia. CSCW Companion '25: Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. editor / Aparecido Fabio Pinatti de Carvalho ; Jessica Vitak ; Xiaojuan Ma ; Xinru Page ; Chiara Rossitto ; Norman Makoto Su ; Louise Barkhuus ; Monica Divitini ; Amanda Lee Hughes ; Jina Huh-Yoo ; Claudia Ignat ; Ryan Kelly ; Kurt Luther ; Scott McCrickard ; David McDonald ; Jessica Pater ; Hilda Tellioglu ; Adriana Vivacqua ; Hao-Chuan Wang ; Jie Cai ; Maia Jacobs ; Susanne Koch Stigberg. New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025. pp. 26-30

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You, Z 2025, Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia. in AF Pinatti de Carvalho, J Vitak, X Ma, X Page, C Rossitto, N Makoto Su, L Barkhuus, M Divitini, A Lee Hughes, J Huh-Yoo, C Ignat, R Kelly, K Luther, S McCrickard, D McDonald, J Pater, H Tellioglu, A Vivacqua, H-C Wang, J Cai, M Jacobs & S Koch Stigberg (eds), CSCW Companion '25: Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715070.3747337

Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia. / You, Zihao.
CSCW Companion '25: Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. ed. / Aparecido Fabio Pinatti de Carvalho; Jessica Vitak; Xiaojuan Ma; Xinru Page; Chiara Rossitto; Norman Makoto Su; Louise Barkhuus; Monica Divitini; Amanda Lee Hughes; Jina Huh-Yoo; Claudia Ignat; Ryan Kelly; Kurt Luther; Scott McCrickard; David McDonald; Jessica Pater; Hilda Tellioglu; Adriana Vivacqua; Hao-Chuan Wang; Jie Cai; Maia Jacobs; Susanne Koch Stigberg. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025. p. 26-30.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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You Z. Adapting Subtitles: Towards Accessible Subtitled Media for People with Aphasia. In Pinatti de Carvalho AF, Vitak J, Ma X, Page X, Rossitto C, Makoto Su N, Barkhuus L, Divitini M, Lee Hughes A, Huh-Yoo J, Ignat C, Kelly R, Luther K, McCrickard S, McDonald D, Pater J, Tellioglu H, Vivacqua A, Wang HC, Cai J, Jacobs M, Koch Stigberg S, editors, CSCW Companion '25: Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2025. p. 26-30 doi: 10.1145/3715070.3747337

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