{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://lab.fktg-media.de/tag/subtitles/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/tag/subtitles/", "feed_url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/tag/subtitles/feed/json/", "language": "en-US", "title": "Subtitles – IRT Lab", "description": "The latest demos and news from our labs", "icon": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-irt_lab_logo_icon-01.png", "items": [ { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2560", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/testing-a-vr-subtitle-production-prototype/", "title": "Testing a VR subtitle production prototype", "content_html": "In our earlier post on accessibility services in 360\u00b0 environments (here) we have described how these services can enhance user experiences and make 360\u00b0 videos more accessible. In the EU-funded Immersive Accessibility project ImAc subtitles are extended with guiding cues to support easier speaker identification within the 360\u00b0 space to enhance the user experience and ...

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", "content_text": "In our earlier post on accessibility services in 360\u00b0 environments (here) we have described how these services can enhance user experiences and make 360\u00b0 videos more accessible. In the EU-funded Immersive Accessibility project ImAc subtitles are extended with guiding cues to support easier speaker identification within the 360\u00b0 space to enhance the user experience and ...Read More", "date_published": "2020-05-11T07:32:43+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-05-13T10:57:09+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Lab_VR-subtitle-production_photo.jpg", "tags": [ "Accessibility", "Immersive", "Production", "Subtitles", "VR" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2426", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/creative-subtitles-design-and-mechanics/", "title": "Creative subtitles \u2013 design and mechanics", "content_html": "More creative than current broadcast subtitles, but with measure and goal – that’s how subtitles should be. The IRT is researching its design and mechanics. So far, the display options of television subtitles have been very limited. This is due in particular to Teletext technology, which is still an essential part of the subtitle workflow. ...

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", "content_text": "More creative than current broadcast subtitles, but with measure and goal – that’s how subtitles should be. The IRT is researching its design and mechanics. So far, the display options of television subtitles have been very limited. This is due in particular to Teletext technology, which is still an essential part of the subtitle workflow. ...Read More", "date_published": "2020-04-16T11:13:59+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-04-21T09:58:23+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Creative_Subtitle_Feature3.jpg?v=1589287148", "tags": [ "Accessibility", "Subtitles" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2172", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/accessible-360-video-imac-solutions-are-ready-for-public-testing/", "title": "Accessible 360\u00b0 video \u2013 ImAc solutions are ready for public testing", "content_html": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...

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", "content_text": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...Read More", "date_published": "2020-03-09T16:36:22+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-04-03T19:52:40+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Ronald Mies", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ronald/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ronald_Mies_10-kopf-square-768x768.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Ronald Mies", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ronald/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ronald_Mies_10-kopf-square-768x768.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screenshot-ImAc-Player-Menu-crop-quad.png?v=1589287314", "tags": [ "360", "Accessibility", "Audio Description", "Open Source", "sign-language interpreter", "Subtitles" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1408", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitles-in-360-media/", "title": "Subtitles in 360\u00b0 media", "content_html": "In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360\u00b0 environment. Within the project Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) IRT investigates together with partners from the media industry how accessibility services can be applied to 360\u00b0 or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you can see a short 360\u00b0 scene ...

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", "content_text": "In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360\u00b0 environment. Within the project Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) IRT investigates together with partners from the media industry how accessibility services can be applied to 360\u00b0 or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you can see a short 360\u00b0 scene ...Read More", "date_published": "2019-04-29T10:21:35+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-02-13T16:01:23+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fixed_positioned_subtitles_foxfinder-e1556526430821.png?v=1588253128", "tags": [ "360", "Accessibility", "App", "Caption", "Immersive", "Subtitles" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1350", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/showreel_accessibility/", "title": "Showreel-Video for Accessibility", "content_html": "Accessibility for media is in steady change driven by new technical developments. The IRT works on different accessibility topics to adapt them to today’s needs and to new features. A showreel-video was created to enable insight into these projects", "content_text": "Accessibility for media is in steady change driven by new technical developments. The IRT works on different accessibility topics to adapt them to today’s needs and to new features. A showreel-video was created to enable insight into these projects", "date_published": "2019-04-09T09:57:35+01:00", "date_modified": "2020-02-13T16:01:57+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2016_EBU-TT-D.jpg?v=1589462127", "tags": [ "360", "Accessibility", "Audio", "Augmented-Reality", "Caption", "HbbTV", "Sign-language Intepreter", "Speech Intelligibility", "Subtitles" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=558", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitles-for-360-media-alternative-presentation-for-immersive-experiences/", "title": "Subtitles for 360\u00b0 media \u2013 alternative presentation for immersive experiences", "content_html": "Introduction When subtitles are provided in a 360\u00b0 environment, they are typically fixed at the bottom of the screen and centered horizontally. This is fine for common 2D TV, but maybe is not the best strategy for 360\u00b0 media. By making use of the additional \u201cdimension\u201d, maybe subtitles can convey more than just textual information. ...

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", "content_text": "Introduction When subtitles are provided in a 360\u00b0 environment, they are typically fixed at the bottom of the screen and centered horizontally. This is fine for common 2D TV, but maybe is not the best strategy for 360\u00b0 media. By making use of the additional \u201cdimension\u201d, maybe subtitles can convey more than just textual information. ...Read More", "date_published": "2018-06-20T09:01:35+01:00", "date_modified": "2019-04-18T10:15:06+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMAC_Article_img04a.png", "tags": [ "360", "Caption", "Immersive", "Subtitles", "Accessibility" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=442", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitle-conversion-framework-scf-v1-0-released/", "title": "Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF) v1.0 released", "content_html": "IRT recently released version 1.0 of it’s Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF). The SCF is published under the Apache 2.0 license and is available on github: https://github.com/IRT-Open-Source/scf The SCF provides a set of modules for converting XML based subtitle formats. The modules include features for Transformation from EBU STL to EBU-TT according to the mapping guideline ...

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", "content_text": "IRT recently released version 1.0 of it’s Subtitle Conversion Framework (SCF). The SCF is published under the Apache 2.0 license and is available on github: https://github.com/IRT-Open-Source/scf The SCF provides a set of modules for converting XML based subtitle formats. The modules include features for Transformation from EBU STL to EBU-TT according to the mapping guideline ...Read More", "date_published": "2017-10-27T11:50:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2019-01-16T14:05:22+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SCF_release-01.png", "tags": [ "Caption", "EBU-TT", "Open Source", "Subtitles", "Accessibility" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=350", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/learn-more-about-irts-imf-analyser-in-the-animated-video/", "title": "Learn more about the IMF format", "content_html": "The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) defines a package that includes various files such as MXF files (video, audio and supplemental data) and additional descriptive files. Based on the descriptive information, different versions can now be generated from the included MXF files. Speech and subtitle versions or shortened content versions are just two examples. Ultimately, IMF ...

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", "content_text": "The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) defines a package that includes various files such as MXF files (video, audio and supplemental data) and additional descriptive files. Based on the descriptive information, different versions can now be generated from the included MXF files. Speech and subtitle versions or shortened content versions are just two examples. Ultimately, IMF ...Read More", "date_published": "2017-07-04T12:19:46+01:00", "date_modified": "2018-09-19T15:08:18+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Rico Zimmermann", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/zimmermann/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/001-Rico-Portrait-960x960.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Rico Zimmermann", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/zimmermann/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/001-Rico-Portrait-960x960.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMF_Analyser.png", "tags": [ "CPL", "IMF", "IMF Delivery", "IMF Package", "Master format", "MXF", "OPL", "Subtitles", "UHD", "Versioning", "Production" ] }, { "id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=265", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/cmaf-livestreams-with-subtitles-and-audio-description/", "title": "CMAF Livestreams with Subtitles and Audio Description", "content_html": "The Common Media Application Format (CMAF) aims at unifying the two currently leading adaptive streaming standards: MPEG-DASH and Apple\u2019s HLS. The sample live streams presented here, demonstrate the potential benefit of CMAF for future OTT IP services. With CMAF, both HLS playlists and DASH manifests are allowed to reference the same fragmented MP4 (fMP4) chunks, ...

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", "content_text": "The Common Media Application Format (CMAF) aims at unifying the two currently leading adaptive streaming standards: MPEG-DASH and Apple\u2019s HLS. The sample live streams presented here, demonstrate the potential benefit of CMAF for future OTT IP services. With CMAF, both HLS playlists and DASH manifests are allowed to reference the same fragmented MP4 (fMP4) chunks, ...Read More", "date_published": "2017-04-25T12:36:42+01:00", "date_modified": "2019-01-16T14:11:28+01:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" } ], "author": { "name": "Peter tho Pesch", "url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/", "avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg" }, "image": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/demo_link.png", "tags": [ "Adaptive Streaming", "Audio Description", "Caption", "CMAF", "HLS", "IMSC", "MPEG-DASH", "Subtitles", "Accessibility" ] } ] }