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A4TV: assessing and ameliorating the accessibility of the ascending connected TV platforms

Published: 18 May 2015 Publication History

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Connected Digital TV is an advanced broadcasting technology that provides a better experience in terms of picture and sound quality and enables multiple programming choices and interactive capabilities, while extending the reach of multimedia content by enabling access to Internet's multimedia content. Consumers perceive these benefits and are increasingly choosing Connected TV products: set-top boxes and TVs which have the capability to be connected to the Web. User motivation stems from the search for richer, more genuinely interactive experiences, of the type they are familiar with from Web browsing on home computers and Web applications on internet-enabled mobile devices. Given TV's reach, we envision the use of TV based applications by a wide range of the population, including people with different kinds of impairments. Thus, it is paramount to guarantee that everyone can access the same information in this medium. This paper describes the PhD's plan and the expected contributions to address this problem with special focus on visual impaired people.

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W4A '15: Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference
May 2015
214 pages
ISBN:9781450333429
DOI:10.1145/2745555
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Published: 18 May 2015

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  1. TV applications
  2. WAI-ARIA
  3. WCAG
  4. accessibility
  5. adaptation
  6. assistive technologies
  7. blind
  8. evaluation methods
  9. multimodality

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W4A '15
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W4A '15: International Web for All Conference
May 18 - 20, 2015
Florence, Italy

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W4A '15 Paper Acceptance Rate 11 of 31 submissions, 35%;
Overall Acceptance Rate 171 of 371 submissions, 46%

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