Abstract
Post production audio description (AD) has become recognized as a standard accessibility requirement for blind and low vision (B/LV) audiences and their friends and family. Although it is standardized, it is not commonly used due to the intensive effort involved in its creation and the lack of browser-based tools available for its production. In this paper, we will describe a new technology called, LiveDescribe, developed to allow description to be produced within a web browser for online videos such as those on YouTube.
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Funding for this research was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. We thank all of the study participants for their efforts and assistance in this research. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge all of the developers that have been involved in the creation of LiveDescribe over the years including Carmen Branje, Kristian Ott, Valentin Serrago and Davor Kljucevic.
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Whitfield, M., Ali, R.M., Fels, D. (2016). LiveDescribe Web Redefining What and How Entertainment Content Can Be Accessible to Blind and Low Vision Audiences. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9758. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_30
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