• DocumentCode
    1808166
  • Title

    The AUDETEL audio description service for visually impaired people

  • Author

    Pledge, J.G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Independent Telev. Comm., Winchester, UK
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    34510
  • Firstpage
    42430
  • Lastpage
    42436
  • Abstract
    AUDETEL is a system for transmitting a spoke AUdio DEscription of the TELevision picture for visually impaired people, within the standard television channel, but separately from the normal television sound. This paper gives an overview of the work carried out to solve one of the technical problems-how to transmit an additional speech signal within the existing television channel. The development of a digital speech coding and transmission system, using the television vertical blanking interval (or optionally spare capacity in the NICAM multiplex), has been one of the achievements of the project
  • Keywords
    audio-visual systems; handicapped aids; telecommunication channels; television broadcasting; vocoders; AUDETEL; audio description service; digital speech coding and transmission system; standard television channel; vertical blanking interval; visually impaired people;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Time between Pictures - The Vertical Blanking Interval, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    284546