Hi, my name is Inger. Inger Rålenius.
I am an advisor at the Swedish National Association for Dyslexia
And I, myself, am dyslexic.
(Ester) Do you usually read subtitles, listen to audio subtitles,
or to audio descriptions when you watch TV or go to the movies?
And what do you think of it?
I see subtitles every day when I watch TV.
I don’t like subtitles.
I can almost never read them.
Subtitles are mostly irritating, I avoid looking at them.
They just drain me.
On the other hand, the times I have tried audio subtitles.
It was fantastic. Really great.
I have been able to keep up and understand.
But I have also tried audio descriptions. To my great surprise–
–it was a relief to hear the descriptions. To get names and descriptions of things.
What I like best is to use both audio descriptions-
-and audio subtitles and be able to decide how I want it.
(Ester) Do you think it is sometimes difficult to understand what’s happening in movies and on TV?
I don’t often think that the contents themselves are difficult.
Because I am very interested in what's going on around me
I keep up with current issues.
What can be difficult-
-is if there is a feature story in French or German.
And I have to read the text, which I can’t.
It's okay if it's English. I can keep up and understand.
But any other language is extremely irritating.
(Ester) Would it help you if the subtitles were written in easy language?
I'm sure there are people who would want easy-to-read subtitles.
Personally, I want the subtitles and what’s being said to be exactly the same.
Because I look at the text while I read with my ears.
For me, it gets confusing if the subtitles and what's being said are not the same.
(Ester) You prefer to have audio subtitles. Can you tell me a bit more about that?
As of yet, there are very few situations-
-that have audio subtitles. But when there are, I want to use them.
My greatest wish is for there to be audio subtitles-
-for all movies, news pieces and public service programs.
Everywhere on TV actually.
There shouldn’t be a single subtitle that is not read out loud.
In the future. That is my wish.