Speak up! Why some TV dialogue is so hard to understand
Conversation article about some of our work on accessible TV sound from Salford researcher Lauren Ward Source: Speak up! Why some TV dialogue is so hard to understand
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TVX2017 workshop call for proposals: In-Programme Personalisation for Broadcast
Announcing a call for papers for our workshop at TVX2017. The workshop title is In-Programme Personalisation for Broadcast and we would very much like to see submissions relating to broadcast accessibility in addition to other areas of personalisation. Full details at the following link: http://dmtlab.bcu.ac.uk/tvx2017/ The growing demand for personalisation provides endless research, development and innovation […]
IBC 2015: TV Sound for Hearing Impaired People
IBC 2015 Demonstration of Object Based Clean Audio The problems of hearing impaired people watching TV have been well documented of late. Loud music, background noise and other factors can ruin the enjoyment of TV for many people with hearing loss – around 10 million people in the UK according to Action on Hearing Loss. In […]