The overarching objective of this project is to establish and evaluate an initial pilot Subtitle for Media service led by student subtitling editors, and make recommendations for future sustainability and resourcing. The initial focus will be on designing and piloting a service which can scale and improve the usability/ accessibility of our front facing media content through the addition of subtitles and transcripts as appropriate. The service design will aim to include all users and will be primarily concerned with publicly available University media content hosted on Media Hopper Create.  

As part of the ISG vision for the University of Edinburgh we aim to support all digital educators in making informed choices about their digital materials. Through this project to establish a new service, staff and students will develop digital skills in creating and using accessible digital materials. 

The pilot will include exploration of technical options through a Research and Development strand exploring other automatic commercial products, ML development and other avenues to meet the longer term ambition to automate accurately the vast majority of subtitling and transcript work.

Benefits will include supporting staff and students to understand how and why to make learning materials accessible, and development of digital skills in support of wide scale engagement with digital education. The Subtitling for Media Project will establish and evaluate an initial pilot service and make recommendations for future sustainability and resourcing.