Can Ubuntu create a semi-transparent subtitle player for accessibility?

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Published on 2012-09-12T08:55:53Z Indexed on 2012/09/12 9:48 UTC
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I've asked this in Reddit.com/r/Ubuntu in here.

I've tried to get the Subtitle Player linked here to work and it have failed on Wine.

So I'm curious if Ubuntu community would be willing to try and build a simple transparent subtitle player for better accessibility on Flash Player, Netflix, or even in movie theaters?

Currently, I'm watching movies/videos with an Android Tablet that runs on a blank black video for 3 hours with a subtitle overlay on it so I can enjoy movie and so forth, but it requires a bit of effort and it definitely isn't for everyone. (People will have to look at the subtitle playing tablet and the movie back and forth at 60 degrees angle, while a transparent subtitle player would reduce it to 5 degrees angle to watch the movie.)

Please and thank you.

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