Making television accessible
Subtitle: report
By: [prepared by Peter Olaf Looms]
Contributors: International Telecommunication Union
Publisher: International Telecommunication Union
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Television; Digital television; People with disabilities; Government policy
Other titles: Making TV accessible; Digital inclusion
Description: This report looks at the strategic implications of making audiovisual content accessible to persons with  disabilities. The focus includes not only the content itself, but also the information and devices needed by  people to enjoy audiovisual content. It is written for professionals involved in decisions to introduce or  scale up measures to make television and other kinds of audiovisual content accessible. The term "audiovisual content" is a broad term used to cover content with pictures and sound. The most  widely used audiovisual content today is television. But audiovisual content also includes cinema films and videos distributed on other networks (for example the Internet and mobile telephone networks). This report identifies the kinds of access services required by a range of persons with disabilities and the  respective accessibility options. These include closed captioning and signing for the deaf, audio  description and audio captions for the blind or those with visual impairments, and accessible remote  control devices for the elderly and those with reduced dexterity. Although the aim of this report is to address audiovisual works in general, the focus is on television, in particular Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
Notes: Viewed on (Dec. 9, 2011).