Patent Document ID: 9818450
Application ID: 14674628

Base Claim:
1. A method of subtitling, comprising the steps of: obtaining an audio file of dialogue in a first language; obtaining a file of script text corresponding to the dialogue in the audio file in the same first language; determining, by one or more processors of a computing device, a timing correspondence between dialogue in the audio file and words in the script text; detecting at least a first pause during performance of the dialogue in the audio file; defining, by the one or more processors, a respective breakable point in the script text corresponding to the or each detected pause; dividing, by the one or more processors, the script text out into a sequence of subtitle lines of text responsive to the location of one or more of the defined breakable points; obtaining a file of script text corresponding to the dialogue in the audio file in a different second language; obtaining the sequence of subtitle lines of text divided out of the script text of the first language, the sequence comprising a characteristic number of lines; detecting, by the one or more processors corresponding features of the text between both languages; dividing, by the one or more processors, the script text in the second language into a sequence of subtitle lines of text having the same characteristic number of lines, the points of division being responsive to the correspondence of features of the text between both languages; and outputting the sequence of subtitle lines of text for presentation on a display device.

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Claim 3:
3. A method of subtitling according to claim 1 , in which the step of detecting at least a first pause comprises the step of: classifying the pause as a short pause or a long pause according to whether the pause exceeds a predetermined threshold duration.