Subtitles

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

Is anyone aware of an app or way to get the subtitles of the film/tvshow you're watching cast straight to a mobile phone?


**Please see further down for a more detailed explanation. Not put it here as people have asked for clarity, so dont want to edit.

 

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

Afternoon gents.

I apologise, i realise what sounded normal in my head didnt come across that way.

Basically, i am deaf/blind, i currently have lost the use of my hearing (another long story) Rendering me with no hearing whatsoever in my ear.

When we watch a film, normally I am using both the sound and the subtitles as a combined aid to understand what is happening on screen. (For anyone curious going from the blind bit, we sit 2ft from our TV)

So without the use of hearing at all, I am finding it hard to just see white subtitles on a film especially in lighter scenes when the subtitles are white.

So I wondered is there a way to have the subtitles on my phone so i can read them easier whilst still watching the film?

We did try google transcribe, which for normal conversation is fine but for tv it doesnt pick it up.

So sorry for vagueness.

 

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

Don't think this specific app exists, but you can certainly give this a go:



Found here:

https://www.hearinglink.org/living/loops-equipment/useful-apps-for-hearing-loss/

Get a Bluetooth headset, connect it to your phone, plonk it next to the telly and let the phone do the work


Might not be the best solution but it'll certainly help!

Thats really kind and thank you, but i said in my previous post that i am using live transcribe, i just dont seem to get it to hear the tv.

Will have another play later with it.

 

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

Thank you for the replies all. So we use a blu ray player mostly.
We do use netflix and other streaming services, which on those yes we can alter the way the text is displayed.

But it was more if we stick a film in the player was there a way to get subtitles on phone so i can read easier whilst still watching the film.

Will keep looking.
I guess we`re old and like to pop a physical disk in a player rather than a streaming service.

 

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

I've not tried it but perhaps a subtitle viewer on your phone such as Subtitle Viewer (there are quite a few if you search on Google Play).

It seems these apps can search for subtitles or you could download them from sites such as Subscene.

Thank you, We will give this a go. Thank you very much. I really do appreciate everyones replies and suggestions.

 

[Mrs Seabiscuit]

@Mrs Seabiscuit have you considered/tried something like bone conduction? Something like the aftershokz air/titanium headsets
My friends dad is quite deaf and this worked a treat for him, but not for his partner (also deaf) I suppose it depends the cause of the hearing loss.

Unfortunately, I have 100% hearing loss in the one ear and about 90%-95% loss in the other, I currently use an hearing aid but I am unable to use this at present due to a very bad infection.

We did actually ask about a baha, as a temp solution until infection is sorted however the audiologist did say and we knew anyway, I am far to deaf for it.

The next stages would actually be a cochlear implant.