Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Online News Videos: The UX of Subtitle Position

  Michael Crabb, Rhianne Jones, Mike Armstrong, Chris J. Hughes (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This BBC-funded research investigates whether repositioning subtitles from their traditional placement within a video to below the video frame improves user experience for online news content. The study addresses a gap in captioning research: while t…

  • subtitles
  • captions
  • deaf accessibility
  • user experience
  • video accessibility
  • personalization
  • online media
  • web video
  • hearing impairment

• Responsive Design for Personalised Subtitles

  Chris J. Hughes, Mike Armstrong, Rhianne Jones, Michael Crabb (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper from BBC R&D and the University of Dundee proposes applying responsive web design principles to subtitle display, moving away from the legacy Teletext format that has constrained subtitling since 1979. Traditional subtitles are pre-blocked…

  • subtitles
  • captions
  • responsive design
  • video accessibility
  • personalization
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • web video
  • media accessibility