Development of speech balloon subtitles for the hearing impaired to support communication in the classroom

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20967
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05775 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Chiba University of Commerce (2021-2022); Meiji Gakuin University (2018-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Egusa Ryohei 千葉商科大学, 基盤教育機構, 助教 (70826239)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 聴覚障害 / 吹き出し型字幕 / 情報保障

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the effectiveness and limitations of a subtitle presentation system as an information assurance technology for classroom use. In this study, we evaluated the usability of the user interface of the support system in terms of the display position of the speech bubble type subtitle, assuming a real-world situation in which multiple people are engaged in a discussion. The results suggest that the speech bubble type subtitle supports the reading of information on the speakers or their statements in a multi-person discussion scene in terms of time, compared with the general subtitle format. The results of this study indicate that speech bubble type subtitles are useful as a method of information assurance in multi-person discussion situations.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年，学校教育におけるアクティブラーニング導入の推進により，学習者の主体的・対話的で深い学びの実現のために学習者同士のコミュニケーションや課題解決のための話し合いの重要性が高まっている．このような学習環境において，音声の取得に関する障壁は，これまで以上に聴覚障害のある学習者に大きな影響を与える可能性がある．本研究の成果は，このような学習環境の構築において，聴覚障害のある学習者を含めたアクティブラーニングのより良いあり方を検討するにあたって意義のある成果と考える．