Shirley, B 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9634-4489, Ward, L and Chourdakis, ET
2019,
Personalization of object-based audio for accessibility using narrative importance
, in: TVX 2019 - ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video, 5th-7th June 2019, Media City, Salford UK.
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Abstract
An increasing incidence of hearing impairment and of re- ported problems with broadcast audio is leading to an in- creased demand for personalized audio services. Previous research has treated these issues as a ‘speech in noise’ prob- lem; sounds are viewed as speech (good) or as competing masker (bad). This binary approach to accessible audio dis- regards the important role of some non-speech sounds in facilitating understanding of broadcast programme narra- tive. This work, as part of the S3A project, has taken a more holistic approach to audio personalization using categories of narrative importance to provide complex manipulations of broadcast audio based on narrative comprehension, instead of simply intelligibility. A simple, intuitive user-interface allows the user to adjust the complexity of audio scenes based on their personal hearing needs, metadata is generated at pro- duction using plugins to generate appropriate metadata and audio previews of user-narrative importance settings. This paper outlines the concept of narrative importance, the pro- duction tools and the end-user interface designed to deliver it. Response to these tools from target users and production staff are discussed as well as ongoing work.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | DataTV at TVX 2019 |
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| Funders: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Ben Shirley |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2021 16:03 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 17:17 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/62452 |
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