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Accessible Digital Media

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The television industry is undergoing the most significant revolution since the origin of the NTSC standard in 1941. Television is without exception the last partner in the communications industry to embrace digital delivery of its transmission signal. The United States (US) and Canada have only recently begun the process of converting to digital transmission while European Union (EU) countries have been working on standards and services for digital and interactive television since 1999.

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  1. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, Canada, M5B 2K3

    Deborah I. Fels

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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Fels, D.I. (2002). Accessible Digital Media. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_63

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