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SMPTE Media Broadcast Technology Conference Europe
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. My presentation, Investigating the Viability of Automated Quality Control for Subtitles, is scheduled … Continue reading
Weatherman Walking – spot the edit…
We were watching last night’s episode of Weatherman Walking, Dylan’s Walks: 2. New Quay and Laugharne when I noticed the subtitles seemed to be consistently late by a couple of seconds. Checking back on iPlayer to measure the timing, the … Continue reading
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STEM, LGBTQ & You 2026
On 27th February I gave a talk on my subtitle quality measurement work to the wonderful STEM, LGBTQ & You 2026 conference. Photo by @nathanstylesporter You can download my slides here.
Adding EPG Data
One of the problems with plotting out subtitle data over a 24 hour period is working out which programmes are causing problems. The answer is to add EPG data to plots and working out how to get the text onto … Continue reading
24 hour plots
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. The main reason was I spent a couple of weeks looking at one hour … Continue reading
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BBC News Changes
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. The subtitles went from a mixture of block and snake subtitles to being entirely snake … Continue reading
Dorkbot Bristol
A Lightning Talk On 14th October I gave a brief talk about measuring subtitle quality as a lightning talk at Dorkbot Bristol. It was a severely cutdown version of my IBC presentation for an audience of technically and artistically minded … Continue reading
IBC2025 Paper and Slides
Now I have presented my paper at IBC2025 I can share a version of the slide deck and the paper. IBC2025 slides in pdf format IBC 2025 paper in pdf format
DARCI conference
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 (DARCI) which … Continue reading
The future will be subtitled
The rise of the text generation We’re all used to hearing middle class parents complain about the behaviour of their teenage offspring, from the state of their bedroom to the way they talk or the fact they are always after … Continue reading