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Interactive Storytelling with Gaze-Responsive Subtitles

Duchowski, Andrew T.; Vieira, Patrícia Araújo; Assis, Ítalo Alves Pinto de; Krejtz, Krzysztof; Hughes, Chris; Orero, Pilar

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Andrew T. Duchowski

Patrícia Araújo Vieira

Ítalo Alves Pinto de Assis

Krzysztof Krejtz

Pilar Orero



Abstract

The paper describes an eye-tracking framework for offline analysis of and real-time interaction with gaze-responsive subtitled media. The eventual goal is to introduce and to evaluate gaze-responsive subtitles, which afford pausing of video when reading subtitles. Initial modes of interaction include: look-to-read and look-to-release. The former pauses video as long as gaze is detected over subtitles, the latter pauses video until gaze falls on subtitles. To avoid disrupted perception of media content, an additional ambient soundtrack matched to the general content of video is proposed. Note that this is potentially revolutionary as it would require an entirely novel approach to film direction. Just as Audio Description is now included in most modern films, ambient sound would also be needed to fill in brief temporal gaps when the user’s visual attention is directed toward subtitles. Concomitantly, the eye-tracking framework fosters quantitative analysis of attention to audiovisual content apart from qualitative evaluation on which most of subtitling standardization is based.

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences Workshops
Start Date Jun 3, 2025
Acceptance Date May 1, 2025
Online Publication Date Jun 3, 2025
Deposit Date Jun 4, 2025
Publicly Available Date Jun 10, 2025
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 19-25
DOI https://doi.org/10.5753/imxw.2025.9779

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