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"title": "Accessibility – IRT Lab",
"description": "The latest demos and news from our labs",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=3155",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/dialog-end-user-tests/",
"title": "Dialog+ \u2013 End user tests",
"content_html": "The improvement of speech intelligibility for broadcasting content has been an important aspect of
IRT’s work for many years. Dialog+ is the name of an additional service with enhanced speech intelligibility that
promises to at least improve the current situation. To ensure that these developments are not only valid in a lab
context, but also ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/dialog-end-user-tests/\" class=\"more-link
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"content_text": "The improvement of speech intelligibility for broadcasting content has been an important aspect of
IRT&#8217;s work for many years. Dialog+ is the name of an additional service with enhanced speech intelligibility that
promises to at least improve the current situation. To ensure that these developments are not only valid in a lab
context, but also ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-12-21T11:11:02+01:00",
"date_modified": "2021-01-11T14:36:56+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Meier",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/meier/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020_Meier_Michael-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Meier",
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},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dialog_plus_hbbtv2.V.jpeg?v=1589287106",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Speech Intelligibility",
"Next Generation Audio"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2560",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/testing-a-vr-subtitle-production-prototype/",
"title": "Testing a VR subtitle production prototype",
"content_html": "In our earlier post on accessibility services in 360\u00b0 environments (here) we have described how
these services can enhance user experiences and make 360\u00b0 videos more accessible. In the EU-funded Immersive
Accessibility project ImAc subtitles are extended with guiding cues to support easier speaker identification within the
360\u00b0 space to enhance the user experience and ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/testing-a-vr-subtitle-production-prototype/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "In our earlier post on accessibility services in 360\u00b0 environments (here) we have described how
these services can enhance user experiences and make 360\u00b0 videos more accessible. In the EU-funded Immersive
Accessibility project ImAc subtitles are extended with guiding cues to support easier speaker identification within the
360\u00b0 space to enhance the user experience and ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-05-11T07:32:43+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-05-13T10:57:09+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Lab_VR-subtitle-production_photo.jpg",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"Immersive",
"Production",
"Subtitles",
"VR"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2477",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/audio-description-via-bone-conduction-headphones-using-hbbtv-2/",
"title": "Audio Description via bone conduction headphones using HbbTV2",
"content_html": "People with visual impairments often need audio description when watching TV in order to understand
what is happening visually. This can be problematic in certain group settings, where it is not possible to enable audio
description e.g. public viewing events. In a group setting, as of now, everybody listens to the same broadcast sound
together ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/audio-description-via-bone-conduction-headphones-using-hbbtv-2/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "People with visual impairments often need audio description when watching TV in order to understand
what is happening visually. This can be problematic in certain group settings, where it is not possible to enable audio
description e.g. public viewing events. In a group setting, as of now, everybody listens to the same broadcast sound
together ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-04-29T07:23:37+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-04-29T09:42:55+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Maike Richter",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/maike-richter/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/foto1-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Maike Richter",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/maike-richter/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/foto1-960x960.png"
},
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"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"Audio Description",
"HbbTV 2"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2376",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/alternative-audio-tracks-in-ard-player/",
"title": "Alternative audio tracks in ARD Player",
"content_html": "We&#8217;ve recently teamed up with colleagues from SWR.Online to implement alternative audio tracks in
the &#8220;ARD Player&#8221; for mobile and desktop Internet browsers. This allows ARD broadcasters now to distribute
alternative audio versions in addition to the default mix in an efficient manner without extra bandwidth usage. Such
alternatives can be for example a &#8220;Dialog+&#8221; ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/alternative-audio-tracks-in-ard-player/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read
        More</a></p>",
"content_text": "We&#8217;ve recently teamed up with colleagues from SWR.Online to implement alternative audio tracks in
the &#8220;ARD Player&#8221; for mobile and desktop Internet browsers. This allows ARD broadcasters now to distribute
alternative audio versions in addition to the default mix in an efficient manner without extra bandwidth usage. Such
alternatives can be for example a &#8220;Dialog+&#8221; ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-04-20T14:02:41+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-06-29T15:40:23+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michael Weitnauer",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/weitnauer/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Michael-Weitnauer-960x960.jpg"
},
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"tags": [
"Audio",
"HLS",
"Mediathek",
"Accessibility",
"Next Generation Audio",
"Platforms and Services"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2426",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/creative-subtitles-design-and-mechanics/",
"title": "Creative subtitles \u2013 design and mechanics",
"content_html": "More creative than current broadcast subtitles, but with measure and goal &#8211; that&#8217;s how
subtitles should be. The IRT is researching its design and mechanics. So far, the display options of television
subtitles have been very limited. This is due in particular to Teletext technology, which is still an essential part of
the subtitle workflow. ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/creative-subtitles-design-and-mechanics/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "More creative than current broadcast subtitles, but with measure and goal &#8211; that&#8217;s how
subtitles should be. The IRT is researching its design and mechanics. So far, the display options of television
subtitles have been very limited. This is due in particular to Teletext technology, which is still an essential part of
the subtitle workflow. ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-04-16T11:13:59+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-04-21T09:58:23+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Melina M\u00f6hnle",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/melina-moehnle/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Moehnle-Melina.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Creative_Subtitle_Feature3.jpg?v=1589287148",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"Subtitles"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2223",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/speech-intelligibility-dialog-via-hbbtv-2/",
"title": "Speech intelligibility: Dialog+ via HbbTV 2",
"content_html": "Over the past several years the number of complaints from TV viewers about hard to understand dialogue
in various programs has been increasing. Many viewers are not always able to follow the dialogue of a TV program without
effort even though they have adjusted the volume. Reasons for this can be age-related hearing impairments, modern ...<p>
    <a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/speech-intelligibility-dialog-via-hbbtv-2/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Over the past several years the number of complaints from TV viewers about hard to understand dialogue
in various programs has been increasing. Many viewers are not always able to follow the dialogue of a TV program without
effort even though they have adjusted the volume. Reasons for this can be age-related hearing impairments, modern
...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-04-03T10:45:09+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-04-16T12:37:04+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Maike Richter",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/maike-richter/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/foto1-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Maike Richter",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/maike-richter/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/foto1-960x960.png"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dialog_plus_hbbtv2.V.jpeg?v=1589287106",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"HbbTV 2",
"Speech Intelligibility"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2172",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/accessible-360-video-imac-solutions-are-ready-for-public-testing/",
"title": "Accessible 360\u00b0 video \u2013 ImAc solutions are ready for public testing",
"content_html": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media
industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been
developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully
customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/accessible-360-video-imac-solutions-are-ready-for-public-testing/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media
industry, how 360\u00b0 media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been
developed to enable accessible 360\u00b0 media: enrich, distribute and playback 360\u00b0 video content with fully
customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-03-09T16:36:22+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-04-03T19:52:40+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Ronald Mies",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ronald/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ronald_Mies_10-kopf-square-768x768.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Ronald Mies",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ronald/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ronald_Mies_10-kopf-square-768x768.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screenshot-ImAc-Player-Menu-crop-quad.png?v=1589287314",
"tags": [
"360",
"Accessibility",
"Audio Description",
"Open Source",
"sign-language interpreter",
"Subtitles"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1951",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/brain-computer-interfaces-for-controlling-media-content-in-the-web/",
"title": "Brain-Computer-Interfaces for controlling media-content in the web",
"content_html": "Subtitles and audio descriptions are used to make the content of audio-visual media accessible to
people with visual or hearing impairments. However, for people with severe motor impairment the obstacle usually lies
ahead, in the user interfaces that should give access and control over the media content.With this project IRT wants to
think outside the ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/brain-computer-interfaces-for-controlling-media-content-in-the-web/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Subtitles and audio descriptions are used to make the content of audio-visual media accessible to
people with visual or hearing impairments. However, for people with severe motor impairment the obstacle usually lies
ahead, in the user interfaces that should give access and control over the media content.With this project IRT wants to
think outside the ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-01-17T11:23:00+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-01-20T15:14:43+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Michaela Finger",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/finger/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Michaela Finger",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/finger/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/imgpsh_mobile_save.jpg?v=1589461820",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"User Interface"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1270",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/inter-device-synchronization-using-hbbtv2/",
"title": "\u201cInter-Device Synchronization\u201d using HbbTV2",
"content_html": "The &#8220;inter-device synchronization&#8221; feature of the HbbTV2 standard allows the playback of IP
AV streams on a mobile device in lip-sync with the broadcast TV image on the TV. One of the most important use cases for
this is the provision of additional audio versions via mobiles and headphones, e.g. for use in a family ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/inter-device-synchronization-using-hbbtv2/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "The &#8220;inter-device synchronization&#8221; feature of the HbbTV2 standard allows the playback of IP
AV streams on a mobile device in lip-sync with the broadcast TV image on the TV. One of the most important use cases for
this is the provision of additional audio versions via mobiles and headphones, e.g. for use in a family ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-05-15T10:24:28+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-05-25T16:11:24+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Klaus Merkel",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/klausmerkel/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Klaus Merkel",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/klausmerkel/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IFA_2018_Media-Synchronisation-Audio.jpg?v=1590419576",
"tags": [
"Accessibility",
"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Hybrid",
"Speech Intelligibility",
"Platforms and Services"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1408",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitles-in-360-media/",
"title": "Subtitles in 360\u00b0 media",
"content_html": "In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360\u00b0 environment. Within the project
Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) IRT investigates together with partners from the media industry how accessibility
services can be applied to 360\u00b0 or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you
can see a short 360\u00b0 scene ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/subtitles-in-360-media/\" class=\"more-link
        themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360\u00b0 environment. Within the project
Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) IRT investigates together with partners from the media industry how accessibility
services can be applied to 360\u00b0 or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you
can see a short 360\u00b0 scene ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-04-29T10:21:35+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-02-13T16:01:23+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Peter tho Pesch",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/pthopesch/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PeterThoPesch_2.jpg"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fixed_positioned_subtitles_foxfinder-e1556526430821.png?v=1588253128",
"tags": [
"360",
"Accessibility",
"App",
"Caption",
"Immersive",
"Subtitles"
]
}
]
}