Subtitle Quality

I will be giving a presentation on my subtitle monitoring work at the SMPTE Media Broadcast Technology Conference Europe which is part of MPTS10 at London Olympia.

We were watching last night’s episode of Weatherman Walking, Dylan’s Walks: 2.

On 27th February I gave a talk on my subtitle quality measurement work to the wonderful STEM, LGBTQ & You 2026 conference.

One of the problems with plotting out subtitle data over a 24 hour period is working out which programmes are causing problems.

The introduction of ASR subtitles for BBC News on the 13th November prompted me to produce plots covering a 24 hour period, from midnight to midnight.

At 14:00 on 13th November my monitoring system showed a dramatic change in the form and quality of the subtitles on the BBC News channel.

A Lightning Talk On 14th October I gave a brief talk about measuring subtitle quality as a lightning talk at Dorkbot Bristol.

Now I have presented my paper at IBC2025 I can share a version of the slide deck and the paper.

Just before departing for Amsterdam to present my paper at IBC2025 I will be doing an online presentation titled Using AI-based tools to monitor subtitle quality for the conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries…

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