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 ...

Big movies heading straight to streaming could be a boon for accessibility, but not until audio description is as ubiquitous as captions. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the ...

To improve media accessibility for many people including visually impaired people, we are researching technology for adding audio descriptions to live TV sports programs. Audio descriptions are part ...

ICHIKI Manon joined NHK in 2009. After working in NHK Matsuyama Station, she moved to NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) in 2013 to conduct research on speech processing technology ...