Camille walks a diagonal. Her gaze toward the ceiling falls. Her right hand cups her mouth, left hand follows as she walks backward. She peers over a lifted leg, taps ...

To improve media accessibility for many people including visually impaired people, we are researching technology for adding audio descriptions to live TV sports programs. Audio descriptions are part ...

Even if you aren’t hard of hearing, you’ve probably taken advantage of your streaming services’ “English SDH” subtitle option in order to decipher mumbled dialogue amid dense explosions, or interpret ...

Big movies heading straight to streaming could be a boon for accessibility, but not until audio description is as ubiquitous as captions. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the ...

Media accessibility is a cornerstone of modern inclusive design, ensuring that digital content is available to all audiences, irrespective of sensory limitations. Central to this endeavour is audio ...

Voice actors have the power to transport audiences to other worlds. A particularly meaningful type of voice acting—audio description or description narration—is vital to making television, movies, ...

Select titles on HBO Max now have audio descriptions, which are separate audio tracks that describe what’s visually happening on-screen. The option is currently available on the website and mobile ...

ICHIKI Manon joined NHK in 2009. After working in NHK Matsuyama Station, she moved to NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) in 2013 to conduct research on speech processing technology ...