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 ...

Kathryn Locke is employed as a researcher on the Australian Research Council's discovery grant, "Diversifying audio description in the Australian digital landscape". Tama Leaver receives funding from ...

Since the recent explosion of widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI), it now seems that a new AI tool emerges every week. With varying success, AI offers solutions for productivity, ...

Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) is conducting research on information accessibility and its technologies to realize a broadcast media where everyone can access the information they ...

It is an extra audio commentary for blind or partially sighted people. When there is a gap in the dialogue on TV or at the theatre, for instance, an extra voice jumps in to explain anything visual ...

We are working on speech-synthesis and presentation technologies that enable everyone, including those who are visually impaired, to enjoy broadcasting services. By advancing the sophistication of ...

Thanks to funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a new accessibility initiative called the Audio Description Learning Network (ADLN) will launch an audio describer recruitment and ...

The communications regulator Ofcom has just made changes to its guidelines surrounding audio description provided by television and on-demand services. For the first time, there will be unique ...

Audio description can be essential for enjoying television if you are visually impaired. The requirements for large broadcasters is 10%, we ask Ofcom if this is really enough. Show more Audio ...