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Session 2: Improving accessibility of equipment
Objectives: Recent developments on media accessibility now include means to improve the accessibility of devices themselves. Assistive technologies using Text To Speech or Speech Recognition are now finding their way into television screens and computers and into “Second Screen” devices such as smartphones and computer tablets. In other cases, they allow the user to make better use of what is already there – for example hearing aids. This session provides examples of what can be done to integrate assistive technologies.
Session Chair: Yushi Naito, SG16 Chairman (Japan)
Speakers: -
IEC TC 100 Ambient Assisted Living and Accessibility activities related to audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment:
Ulrike Haltrich, Sony Europe Ltd., FG AVA IEC TC 100 Liaison (Germany) [
Biography |
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Wireless connections for hearing aids:
Marcel Vlaming, EHIMA (The Netherlands) [
Biography | Presentation ]
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | Questions and Discussions |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:15 - 11:15 |
Session 3 - Part 1: Successful case studies and plans (including business cases, sustainable business models) for providing access services
- World Views 1
Objectives: The transition from analogue to digital media provides new opportunities to make media accessible. Television is one of the media undergoing this change. This session presents three cases to show how media in emerging economies are taking up the challenge to make television and other mainstream media accessible.
Session Chair:
Peter Looms, FG AVA Chair (Denmark)
Speakers: -
Rolling out a test service on digital television in China:
Dongxiao Li,
School of Media and Cross-Culture, Zhejiang University University of (People’s Republic of China) [ Biography |
Abstract |
Presentation ]
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Audiovisual accessibility: the role of public universities in the challenge of inclusion:
Natália Laube, National Coordinator for Digital Media (Argentina) [
Biography |
Presentation ]
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Accessibility challenges in Brazil:
Gabriela Campedelli, "Cidade do Conhecimento" group from University of São Paulo and FAPESP [
Biography |
Presentation ]
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| 11:15 - 11:45 | Questions and Discussion |
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch Break |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Session 3 - Part 2: Successful case studies and plans (including business cases, sustainable business models) for providing access services - World Views 2
Objectives: Managing change to promote accessibility is a complex challenge. It involves multiple stakeholders – not least persons with disabilities – and requires careful planning and consultation to make a real difference. This session looks the established media platforms and focuses on the provision of media accessibility on an economically-sustainable basis. This includes the role of standardization as a means to assure interoperability and interworking.
Session Chair: Christoph Dosch, Institut für Rundfunktechnik – IRT (Germany)
Speakers: -
Successful Access services for IPTV:
Yushi Naito, SG16 Chairman/ Masahito Kawamori, Keio University (Japan) [
Presentation ]
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DR business models for access service provision and the role of digital television standardisation:
Peter Molsted, DK (Denmark)
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The Canadian federal government financial model for the provision of broadcast media accessibility:
Robert Pearson, Accessible Media Inc., AMI (Canada) [
Biography |
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Presentation ]
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Questions and Discussion |
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| 14:15 - 14:30 | Coffee Break |
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| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Session 3 - Part 3: Successful case studies and plans (including business cases, sustainable business models) for providing access services
- World Views 2 (continued)
Objectives: The focus of this part of session 4 is on media accessibility and intellectual property. Providing access services not only requires resources to produce and deliver them, but also agreements between those who hold the intellectual property to the content concerned. Much can be done in contracts between content owners and media companies, but international conventions and legislation also play an important role as we hope to show in the session.
Session Chair:
Peter Molsted, DK (Denmark) [
Biography ]
Speakers: -
Policies to promote media accessibility by multiple stakeholder across Member States in Europe:
Joanna Wrona, European Commission, DG Connect Unit G1 [
Biography |
Presentation ]
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Users, Contents & Accessibility:
Peter Looms, FG AVA Chair (Denmark) [
Abstract |
Presentation ]
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Time has come to consider the possibilities of automatic subtitles:
Linder
Gion
, Swiss, TXT (Switzerland) [
Biography | Presentation ]
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Summary of second day - Interactive discussion:
What are the Business Model Options for Access Services?
Pilar Orero, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Final remarks - Workshop Conclusions and Recommendations
Seong-Ho Jeong, Workshop Chair, ITU-T SG16 Vice-Chair and
Pilar Orero, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) |
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