Hey guys; it’s been a desire of mine to produce my own series of Sailor Moon subtitles some day, potentially starting with PGSM. I have my own personal preferences for why I’d like to tackle it, but part of it is also improving the accessibility of subtitles.
My question is, if you’re HoH/hearing impaired/deaf, is there anything you wish subtitlers did to make the subtitles more accessible? It seems like most anime subs are made for a hearing audience, and they think some things don’t “need” to be subtitled because they assume people will hear it.
Some examples are things like doors slamming, footsteps, tire screeches, etc. that imply events occuring off-screen, or tone cues, e.g. sarcasm, trying not to cry, etc.
Even noting which character is talking in a group scene.
Would you benefit from subtitles that noted auditory cues like that, or would that not be helpful? Is there anything else you wish subtitles would do (or stop doing) in order to make them more useful to you?And anime fans who are visually impaired, is there anything you wish subtitles would do/stop doing to help with legibility? I’ve heard people saying that they wish sub groups would chill out with the OTT karaoke effects (agreed lmao) and that it’s helpful when text is colour-coded to a character, so long as the colour combo isn’t hard to read.
I’ve also heard that people learning English can find subtitles particularly helpful, so is there anything subbers do that makes it easier/harder to understand?
Please feel free to reblog or add to this even if you aren’t interested in Sailor Moon subs, because hopefully other sub groups will find it useful too. :)