Since the recent explosion of widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI), it now seems that a new AI tool emerges every week. With varying success, AI offers solutions for productivity, ...

Audio description (AD) is defined as “the verbal depiction of key visual elements in media and live productions.” Essentially, AD is a narration of meaningful visual information in a video to provide ...

Even if you aren’t hard of hearing, you’ve probably taken advantage of your streaming services’ “English SDH” subtitle option in order to decipher mumbled dialogue amid dense explosions, or interpret ...

Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) is conducting research on information accessibility and its technologies to realize a broadcast media where everyone can access the information they ...

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 ...

NHK STRL is conducting research on automated audio descriptions (AADs) to help visually impaired people enjoy live TV programs. In a live sports program, AADs supplement the breaks between the ...