Transcript WAEA-Access to IFE

The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media:
Making In-Flight Communications and
Entertainment Accessible
WAEA Technology Committee Meeting
January 18, 2006
Making In-Flight Communications and
Entertainment Accessible
A project to research barriers and develop solutions
that can make inflight
communication and entertainment systems
accessible to people with sensory disabilities.
“Access to IFE” - Project Team and Partners
• Larry Goldberg - Director, NCAM; co-PI
• Brad Botkin - Director of Technology, NCAM
• Caesar Eghtesadi - President, Tech For All; co-PI
• Katherine Hunter-Zaworski - Director, National Center for
Accessible Transportation, Oregon State University
• Jim Skvarla - Panasonic Avionics Corp.
• Rich Salter - WAEA and Working Groups
WGBH & Access
• The Caption Center (est. 1972)
Captions television, home videos, feature films,
CD & DVD-ROM, streaming video
• Descriptive Video Service (est. 1990)
Describes television, home videos, feature films
by inserting key visual elements during
pauses in dialogue
WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
(NCAM - est. 1993)
Research and development facility
• Federally funded research projects
• National policy development (public/private)
• Technical solutions and guidelines
• Community outreach
• Strategic Partnerships: IBM, Yahoo!, AOL, Apple, ...
• Projects: MoPix, Rich Media-Online, DTV, Mobile Media,
Home Media, Ed Tech, Emergency Alerts, …
• Standards and Specifications: W3C, IMS, PB Core, ATSC
SMPTE, DCI, ISO, …
“Access to IFE” - Project Funder and Timeline
• U.S. Department of Education:
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• Three Years: October 1, 2005 > September 30, 2008
“Access to IFE” - Project Goals
1. Research technical solutions, procedures and
practices required to infuse access considerations
into inflight hardware, digital content management
systems, interactive and display systems,
connectivity, and content.
Q: How can WAEA and its members help
uncover the best possible solutions?
“Access to IFE” - Project Goals
2. Develop a demonstration model using a state-ofthe-art IFE system that prototypes inflight system
support of user-selectable captions, audio
description and talking menus.
Q: Working with PAC to create demo - other partners
interested, especially content partners?
“Access to IFE” - Project Goals
3. Participate in World Airline Entertainment
Association technical committees and working
groups and promote the adoption/inclusion of
standard accessibility metadata models into new
and existing standards developed by those groups
Q: How can we get involved in WAEA activities?
Are there evolving standards we should know about?
Are their other media standards you are interested in?
“Access to IFE” - Project Goals
4. Publish a White Paper outlining the functional
requirements of an accessible IFE system.
Q: Is WAEA interested in reviewing or contributing
to this White Paper?
“Access to IFE” - Project Goals
5. Promote review of demonstration model and
proposed specifications through dissemination and
high-profile demonstrations within industry,
government and the disabilities communities.
Q: Can WAEA help with dissemination of results,
including demonstrations?
Captioning
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Analog and digital TV
Online
DVD - subtitles and line-21 data
In theaters - subtitles and Rear Window®
Audio (video) Description
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Analog and digital TV
Online
DVD - alternate audio tracks
In theaters - DVS Theatrical
MoPix
“Talking Menus” (navigation assistance)
• Screen Readers
• DVDs
• PDAs
DVD with Talking Menus
Contact us:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
125 Western Ave.
Boston, MA 02134
voice: 617-300-3400
fax: 617-300-1035
ncam.wgbh.org