Pablo Romero-Fresco
Biographic Data
| ID | 1065995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pablo Romero-Fresco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pablo |
| FAMILY NAME | Romero-Fresco |
| SIGNATURE | ROMERO-FRESCO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Roehampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2166-5792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Media access in the Land of Many Shapes
This article looks at the uneven role that disabled and non-disabled people are currently playing in media accessibility. The starting point for the discussion is Jérôme Ruillier’s book Quatre Petits Coins de Rien du Tout (2004), which we have adapted into a short film called Four Little Corners in the Land of Many Shapes . The first part of the article analyses the original story to identify the ableism at play in how disabled people create, are…
The reception of alternative audio description: The case of the intimate AD in Where Memory Ends
This article discusses the reception of the alternative audio description (AD) produced for the documentary Where Memory Ends. The first two sections focus on the making of the documentary and the creation of the AD in English and Spanish. This is followed by an analysis of how the audio-described version of the film was received by 116 blind, partially blind and sighted people in three screenings in New Jersey, London and Madrid. Although this a…
An empirical analysis on the efficiency of five interlingual live subtitling workflows
Interlingual Live Subtitling (ILS) is an innovative translation and accessibility method where a written text in one language is produced live from an oral source in another language. ILS can be provided through different methods, some of which involve the participation of one or more humans, whereas others are fully automatic. Speech-to-text interpreting (STTI) is a form of human-mediated ILS that is situated at the crossroads of audiovisual tra…
Moving from Accessible Filmmaking toward Creative Media Accessibility
Accessible filmmaking, a new model that proposes the integration of translation and accessibility into the filmmaking process through collaboration between filmmakers and translators, is leading to increasingly creative examples of media accessibility. In this article, the author puts forward a definition of creative media accessibility and illustrates it with examples of current professional practice. Situated at the crossroads between creation …
Reception studies in live and pre-recorded subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
This chapter aims to provide an overview of reception research in the field of subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Given that the development of reception research in this area is closely linked to the development of SDH as a professional practice and academic field of study, a historical approach has been adopted here. It starts from the origins of pre-recorded and live SDH in the US and Europe and continues with the first and oft…
Accessing communication: The quality of live subtitles in the UK
Effects of text chunking on subtitling: A quantitative and qualitative examination
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Naturalness in the Spanish Dubbing Language: A Case of Not-so-close Friends1
The present article examines the Spanish dubbing language from the point of view of its naturalness. The premise is that dubbing language is best analyzed by comparing it to the register it imitates, as long as its peculiar features are taken into consideration. This study is divided into two parts: firstly, a description of the features that make dubbing dialogue different from real dialogue, focusing on those arising from the source text; secon…
Naturalness in the Spanish Dubbing Language: A Case of Not-so-close Friends1
The present article examines the Spanish dubbing language from the point of view of its naturalness. The premise is that dubbing language is best analyzed by comparing it to the register it imitates, as long as its peculiar features are taken into consideration. This study is divided into two parts: firstly, a description of the features that make dubbing dialogue different from real dialogue, focusing on those arising from the source text; secon…
Effects of text chunking on subtitling: A quantitative and qualitative examination
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Accessing communication: The quality of live subtitles in the UK
Naturalness in the Spanish Dubbing Language: A Case of Not-so-close Friends1
The present article examines the Spanish dubbing language from the point of view of its naturalness. The premise is that dubbing language is best analyzed by comparing it to the register it imitates, as long as its peculiar features are taken into consideration. This study is divided into two parts: firstly, a description of the features that make dubbing dialogue different from real dialogue, focusing on those arising from the source text; secon…
Effects of text chunking on subtitling: A quantitative and qualitative examination
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Accessing communication: The quality of live subtitles in the UK
Reception studies in live and pre-recorded subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
This chapter aims to provide an overview of reception research in the field of subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Given that the development of reception research in this area is closely linked to the development of SDH as a professional practice and academic field of study, a historical approach has been adopted here. It starts from the origins of pre-recorded and live SDH in the US and Europe and continues with the first and oft…
An empirical analysis on the efficiency of five interlingual live subtitling workflows
Interlingual Live Subtitling (ILS) is an innovative translation and accessibility method where a written text in one language is produced live from an oral source in another language. ILS can be provided through different methods, some of which involve the participation of one or more humans, whereas others are fully automatic. Speech-to-text interpreting (STTI) is a form of human-mediated ILS that is situated at the crossroads of audiovisual tra…
Moving from Accessible Filmmaking toward Creative Media Accessibility
Accessible filmmaking, a new model that proposes the integration of translation and accessibility into the filmmaking process through collaboration between filmmakers and translators, is leading to increasingly creative examples of media accessibility. In this article, the author puts forward a definition of creative media accessibility and illustrates it with examples of current professional practice. Situated at the crossroads between creation …
Media access in the Land of Many Shapes
This article looks at the uneven role that disabled and non-disabled people are currently playing in media accessibility. The starting point for the discussion is Jérôme Ruillier’s book Quatre Petits Coins de Rien du Tout (2004), which we have adapted into a short film called Four Little Corners in the Land of Many Shapes . The first part of the article analyses the original story to identify the ableism at play in how disabled people create, are…
The reception of alternative audio description: The case of the intimate AD in Where Memory Ends
This article discusses the reception of the alternative audio description (AD) produced for the documentary Where Memory Ends. The first two sections focus on the making of the documentary and the creation of the AD in English and Spanish. This is followed by an analysis of how the audio-described version of the film was received by 116 blind, partially blind and sighted people in three screenings in New Jersey, London and Madrid. Although this a…
Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (3 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Multimedia (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Point (geometry) (2 works)