Kinopoisk launched subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing users
By ForGeeks More than 100 films and TV series, including original projects of the online cinema, have received extended subtitles, which along with speech reflect the emotions of characters and noises in the frame. All future Kinopoisk online movie theater projects will be released with these subtitles.
The full list of movies and TV series with subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing people can be found in the selection. These include the TV series “Cicadas,” “Spartacus Time,” “Cyber Village,” “Pischeblok,” “Trigger,” “The Monastery,” “Nadvoi,” “Fisher,” and “Vampires of the Middle Ground,” as well as the movies “Triangle of Sadness,” “John Wick 4,” “Fight Club,” “1+1,” “Office Romance,” “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears,” and others. SDH subtitles are available in the web version of Kinopoisk and in apps for iOS, Android and Smart TV.
Kinopoisk creates subtitles in consultation with members of the hearing-impaired community and also engages contractors who specialize in the field. The SDH subtitles for Kinopoisk’s original films and TV series are created in Russian, but are not only available to users in Russia. For example, viewers in Kazakhstan and Belarus can already watch the films Major Thunder: Plague Doctor, Thunder: A Difficult Childhood, Major in Sochi, the TV series Major, The Method, Fandorin.Azazel, and others with such subtitles.
The advent of SDH subtitles is the beginning of a major effort to create a more accessible environment for Kinopoisk’s diverse audience. The number of films and series adapted for hearing-impaired and deaf users will increase.
