After reading Jialong’s post, I noticed that he carefully observed Zak Ebrahim’s speech. He uses Mayer’s Personalization Principle and UDL Guidelines rationally to explain speaker behavior in speaking and making videos, such as using concise and easy-to-understand sentences and adding instant captions below the video.
I think that the comprehension and memory of the general audience can be enhanced by adding subtitles. Besides that, I agree with Jialong’s opinion about adding subtitles for inclusive design purposes, such as facilitating the deaf and hard-of-hearing people to receive the same information or not affecting the viewing experience of video viewers in a noisy environment.
More importantly, subtitles appeal to foreign audiences. Suppose a speaker wants to market a video abroad. In that case, it is evident that translating the original subtitles into the local language can save many production costs than re-producing the video or re-dubbing it, which is one of the benefits of adding subtitles that I sincerely feel as an international student!
