Online news videos: The UX of subtitle position

Michael Crabb; Rhianne Jones; Mike Armstrong; Chris J. Hughes

doi:10.1145/2700648.2809866

Online news videos: The UX of subtitle position

Michael Crabb, Rhianne Jones, Mike Armstrong, Chris J. Hughes

Computing

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Abstract

Millions of people rely on subtitles when watching video content. The current change in media viewing behaviour involving computers has resulted in a large proportion of people turning to online sources as opposed to regular television for news information. This work analyses the user experience of viewing subtitled news videos presented as part of a web page. A lab-based user experiment was carried out with frequent subtitle users, focusing on determining whether changes in video dimension and subtitle location could affect the user experience attached to viewing subtitled content. A significant improvement in user experience was seen when changing the subtitle location from the standard position of within a video at the bottom to below the video clip. Additionally, participants responded positively when given the ability to change the position of subtitles in real time, allowing for a more personalised viewing experience. This recommendation for an alternative subtitle positioning that can be controlled by the user is unlike current subtitling practice. It provides evidence that further user-based research examining subtitle usage outside of the traditional television interface is required.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	215-222
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450334006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2809866
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2015
Event	17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 26 Oct 2015 → 28 Oct 2015

Conference

Conference	17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	26/10/15 → 28/10/15

Keywords

Experiment methodology
Laboratory experiment
Subtitles
User experience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Human-Computer Interaction
Software
Computer Networks and Communications

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Crabb, M, Jones, R, Armstrong, M & Hughes, CJ 2015, Online news videos: The UX of subtitle position. in ASSETS 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 215-222, 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, 26/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2809866

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