TY - GEN
T1 - Study on automated audio descriptions overlapping live television commentary
AU - Ichiki, Manon
AU - Shimizu, Toshihiro
AU - Imai, Atsushi
AU - Takagi, Tohru
AU - Iwabuchi, Mamoru
AU - Kurihara, Kiyoshi
AU - Miyazaki, Taro
AU - Kumano, Tadashi
AU - Kaneko, Hiroyuki
AU - Sato, Shoei
AU - Seiyama, Nobumasa
AU - Yamanouchi, Yuko
AU - Sumiyoshi, Hideki
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - We are conducting research on “automated audio description (AAD)” which automatically generates audio descriptions from real-time competition data for visually impaired people to enjoy live sports programs. However, there is a problem that AAD overlaps with the live television commentary voice, making it difficult to hear each other’s comment. In this paper, first, we show that the game situation is conveyed effectively when visually impaired persons listen to the AAD alone. Then we state the results of experiments on the following items to solve the overlap issue: (1) There is a difference in optimum volume level between live commentary and AAD, (2) The ease of listening differs depending on the difference in the characteristics of text-to-speech synthesizer for AAD, (3) Playing back AAD through a speaker placed differently from the TV speaker makes both voice sounds easier to listen to. We had clues to solve that depending on the presentation method of AAD, we can make AAD easy to listen to even when AAD overlaps the live television commentary.
AB - We are conducting research on “automated audio description (AAD)” which automatically generates audio descriptions from real-time competition data for visually impaired people to enjoy live sports programs. However, there is a problem that AAD overlaps with the live television commentary voice, making it difficult to hear each other’s comment. In this paper, first, we show that the game situation is conveyed effectively when visually impaired persons listen to the AAD alone. Then we state the results of experiments on the following items to solve the overlap issue: (1) There is a difference in optimum volume level between live commentary and AAD, (2) The ease of listening differs depending on the difference in the characteristics of text-to-speech synthesizer for AAD, (3) Playing back AAD through a speaker placed differently from the TV speaker makes both voice sounds easier to listen to. We had clues to solve that depending on the presentation method of AAD, we can make AAD easy to listen to even when AAD overlaps the live television commentary.
KW - Audio description
KW - Text-to-speech synthesizer
KW - Visually impaired
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_36
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_36
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049774170
SN - 9783319942766
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 220
EP - 224
BT - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 16th International Conference, ICCHP 2018, Proceedings
A2 - Miesenberger, Klaus
A2 - Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
PB - Springer-Verlag
T2 - 16th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2018
Y2 - 11 July 2018 through 13 July 2018
ER -