Accessible Digital Audio-Visual Systems
Accessible audio-visual systems (hardware, software, content, semantics, applications, services, environment, sysems):
- Hardware issues for multimedia devices and digital interactive TV, DVD, cinema
- Software issues for multimedia devices and digital interactive TV, DVD, cinema
- Content description and structure issues (in particular modelling and indexing)
- Content adaptation issues
- Content interaction issues
- Contextual and semantic issues
- Search, retrieval, browsing and visualisation issues
- Ubiquitous/Pervasive multimedia applications and services
- Augmented reality and virtual environments
- Economic benefits of inclusive audio-visual systems
- Coordinating the discussion, communication and feedback on initiatives regarding guidelines and standards for inclusive IDTV, subtitling, audio description, TTS and signing services and initiation of a European wide exchange and harmonisation. This will include discussion and feedback on the processes and workflows required for creating accessible audio-visual broadcast content.
- Active co-ordination and wider dissemination of activities, results and best practice, focusing on potential technical solutions for subtitling, audio descriptions, TTS and signing services and raising awareness of existing MoU, legislation and obligations regarding IDTV switchover and for example implementing Article 3c of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
