Automatic alignment of subtitle and audio track for TV broadcasting

Subtitles are typically generated postproduction and might be mis-aligned with the audio track. Alignment of subtitles to audio is a task which aims to produce accurate timings of the words within a subtitle track given a corresponding audio track. The alignment task is of significant relevance to Bell media. Semi–automated solutions exist, and they involve different degrees of human involvement in post-edit. Automatic subtitle alignment will reduce production time and human labor costs. This research project will look at automating the subtitle alignment.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shahram Shirani

Student:

Partner:

BCE Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

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