focus group meeting 3 19 january 2012 barcelona (uab)

InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

Focus Group Meeting 319 January 2012Barcelona (UAB)

Peter Olaf LoomsChairmanFG-AVA

ITU-T Focus Group onAudiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA)

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FG AVA: What are we aiming to do?

October 2012

January 2012


FG AVA: Where are we now?

January 2012

What is thefinal deliverable?


FG AVA: the final deliverableFrom AVA-I-0002: Suggested objectives and procedures for the first Focus Group meeting

By October 2012 we will have produced... The FG AVA roadmap: suggested accessibility actions that provide ITU with solid basis for future work (e.g. What needs to be changed or added to standardization,legislation and media regulation to make AV media more accessible?) Our roadmap gives concrete examples of good practice (How can we make AV media accessible?)Our roadmap shows how the UN CRPD* can be applied to the delivery, use and enjoyment of digital AV media (How can CRPD make a difference?) Persons with disabilities feel that the Focus Group has made a difference to AV media.UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) accessibility.

*CRPD = UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities*UN CRPD = UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Accessibility = AV Media for AllListening Watching Sharing Participating

Enjoying

Creating?

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Which AV-Media? (Need to have or Nice to have?)

Source: The Economist Print Edition December 10, 2011

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Which AV-Media? How much is spent globally?

Forecast

Sources: The Economist Print Edition December 10, 2011; IDATE Next Gen TV 2011 - from World Television Markets January 2010

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Which AV-Media? How many have access?

InternetInternet

TVTV

Source: ITU Geneva November 2011

Approx. 20% of the global population have no electricity*Approx. 20% of the global population have no electricity*

* Ban Ki-moon Powering sustainable energy for all International Herald Tribune* Ban Ki-moon Powering sustainable energy for all International Herald Tribune page 12 January 12 2012page 12 January 12 2012

MobileMobilestatisticsstatisticswill be addedwill be added


AV-Media ≈ Digital Media

Content

TV & Radio programs

Social Media

Films

Video games (?)

Platforms (networks)

Digital Broadcast

IPTVOpen Internet

Mobile &Wireless Net

Digital TV Receivers

PCsSmartphones & Tablets

Peripherals e.g. Remote Controls

Assistive Technologiese.g.Hearing aids

Devices

From AVA-I-0003: Scoping the terms “audiovisual media” and “accessibility”

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AV-Media AccessibilityWhat can we do?

Usability: do something to make programs as intelligible as possibleContext of use: platform issues

Remote control designPips on mobile keyboardsuser profiles to access mediadirect connections from TV and mobile to hearing aids

Access services: offer captioning, audio description, sign languageIntelligent devices: make devices truly assistive

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Our road map - the processPutting the pieces together

Future

Present

Gap betweenvision and current

situation

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What actionscan bridge

the gap?Where are we now? What are the key

obstacles?

Where do we wantAV Media to be?

What roadmapof actions

and metrics do we recommend

to the ITU?


Future

Present

Gap betweenvision and current

situation

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FG AVA Deliverables

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FG AVA Meetings - plans in Sept 2011

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FG AVA Meetings - revised plans

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Participants from stakeholders who really know

what they are talking about

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Self-funded: Participantshave limited or no resources

for international travel

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1. Focus on1. Focus onvirtual communicationvirtual communication

in Working Groupsin Working Groups

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2. Working Groups working over two 2. Working Groups working over two days using GetToWebinardays using GetToWebinar

to discuss and edit draft outputs.to discuss and edit draft outputs.

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3.Changed focus of3.Changed focus ofinternational meetings:international meetings:

feedback on preliminary findingsfeedback on preliminary findings

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FG AVA Working Groups

Working Group A: CaptioningWorking Group B: Audio/Video description and spoken captionsWorking Group C: Visual signing and sign language Working Group D: Emerging access servicesWorking Group E: EPGs & on-air promotion Working Group F: Participation and digital mediaWorking Group G: Digital Broadcast Television Working Group H: IPTVWorking Group I: Mobile and handheld devicesWorking Group J: Key Performance IndicatorsWorking Group K: Accessible Working Procedures

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FG AVA Working Group Activities

WG coordinatorsWG coordinatorsto identifyto identify

interdependenciesinterdependenciesat regularat regular

meetings via Webmeetings via Web

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FG AVA Working Group - logistics

Joining a Working Group: Contact the secretariat to get access to the group at [email protected] to answers to the 4 questions: Writing in a closed environment for each WG using a collaborative working tool. The agreed WG starting point for from this meeting will be posted by the FG AVA management (we will be using SharePoint)Discussing differences of opinion between FG AVA meetings: Using Skype, e-mail exchanges, GetToMeeting or Adobe Connect (the FG AVA secretariat will assist here)Agreeing with others in the WG that a preliminary version is ready: Publishing a “frozen” draft on the FG AVA website for discussion with stakeholders (the coordinator sends the document to the FG AVA secretariat so that it can be posted)WG coordinators revising a draft briefing document for circulation to FG AVA members by January 26.

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Questions?

FG AVA

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Agenda for today• Welcome note by Dr Maria José Recoder, Vice-Rector of the

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB• 1 Opening of the Focus Group AVA and introductions • AVA-I-0086 – Presentation of the ITU-T Focus Group AVA Meeting

no. 3: 19 January 2012, Barcelona, Spain

• 2 Approval of draft agenda and documentation allocation

• AVA-I-0055r1 - Meeting Agenda – Third FG Audiovisual Media Accessibility

• 3 Approval of second FG AVA meeting Report • AVA-O-0002 Report of the second FG AVA meeting

(Geneva, 15 September 2011)• 4 Review of progress on Logistics and infrastructure

for the work of the FG and its Working Groups since second FG AVA meeting

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Agenda for today Agenda 19 January 2012 (2 - CONTINUED)•5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups Working Group: ALL - Overview of inputs addressed to All WGs•AVA-I-0056 - ITU Workshop on "Telecommunications Relay Services for Persons with Disabilities", Geneva, Switzerland, 25 November 2011•AVA-I-0059 - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and decision of 20 October 2011 order overturning the 2006 “Anglers Order”•AVA-I-0060 - Making Television Accessible: What is this report about and what is it for?•AVA-I-0061 - Making Television Accessible: Which viewers have difficulties accessing television?•AVA-I-0062 - Making Television Accessible: What can currently be done to make audiovisual content more accessible? – the value proposition•AVA-I-0063 - Making Television Accessible: Which access services can currently be offered with television programmes?•AVA-I-0068 - Making Television Accessible: Managing change – introducing and scaling up an access service

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Agenda for today Agenda 19 January 2012 (3 - CONTINUED)

5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •AVA-I-0069 - Making Television Accessible: Incentives and sanctions – what mechanisms exist to promote access service provision?•AVA-I-0070 - Making Television Accessible: Terminology and definitions for FG AVA•5.1 Working Group A:Captioning (Clyde Smith) •AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0067 - Making Television Accessible: The market for accessibility − what business models exist so that access services can be offered on a sustainable basis? (WGs A, B, C)•AVA-I-0080 - The eAccess project (the eAccessibility network) (Indra Software Lab.) (WGs: A, B, C, G)

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Agenda for today

Agenda 19 January 2012 (4 - CONTINUED)

5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •5.2 Working Group G: Digital Broadcast Television (Nick Tanton and Peter Mølsted) •AVA-I-0083- Report from Working Group G “Digital Broadcast Television” •AVA-I-0080 - The eAccess project (the eAccessibility network) (Indra Software Lab.) (WGs: A, B, C, G)•10:45 – 11:15 BREAK

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5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •5.3 Working Group B: Audio/Video description and spoken captions (Pilar Orero and Aline Remael)•AVA-I-0085 - Report from Working Group B “Audio/Video description and spoken captions” •AVA-I-0075- Audio Description and Audio Subtitling: Who Needs It? AD user personas •AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0067 - Making Television Accessible: The market for accessibility − what business models exist so that access services can be offered on a sustainable basis? (WGs A, B, C)•AVA-I-0080 - The eAccess project (the eAccessibility network) (Indra Software Lab.) (WGs: A, B, C, G)

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5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •5.4 Working Group C: Visual signing and sign language (T. Ito)•AVA-I-0072 – Report from Working Group C “Visual signing and sign language”•AVA-I-0073 - Sign Language Animation Using TVML (NHK)•AVA-I-0074 – ATLAS: Automatic Translation into sign LAnguageS (RAI)•AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0067 - Making Television Accessible: The market for accessibility − what business models exist so that access services can be offered on a sustainable basis? (WG A, B, C)•AVA-I-0080 - The eAccess project (the eAccessibility network) (Indra Software Lab.) (WGs: A, B, C, G)•13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

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Agenda for today


5 Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK•Working Group D: Emerging access services (David Wood and Takebumi Itagaki)•AVA-I-0076 -Technical characteristics of wireless aids for hearing impaired people operating in the VHF and UHF frequency range (EHIMA)•AVA-I-0058 - Incoming Liaison letter to ITU-T FG AVA from IEC TC 100 on Wireless connections to hearing aids•AVA-I-0081 - LS from JCA-AHF in reply to FG AVA LS no. 4 on wireless hearing aid compatibility•AVA-I-0064 - Making Television Accessible: Getting started – who needs to do what so that the viewer can see television programs with access services? (WGs D and E)

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Agenda for today


5Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•Working Group E: Electronic Programming Guides and on-air promotion (Peter Olaf Looms) •AVA-I-0084 - Report from Working Group E “Electronic Programming Guides and on-air promotion”•AVA-I-0064 - Making Television Accessible: Getting started – who needs to do what so that the viewer can see television programs with access services? (WGs D and E)

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Agenda for today


5Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•Working Group F: Participation and digital media (Pradipta Biswas)•AVA-I-0079 - Report from Working Group F “Participation and digital media”•5.8Working Group I: Mobile and handheld devices (Axel Leblois and John Lee)

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Agenda for today


5Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •AVA-I-0065 - Making Television Accessible: How are access services produced, delivered and used? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•AVA-I-0066 - Making Television Accessible: What does it cost to set up and run a given access service for audiovisual content? (WGs A, B, C, D, E)•Working Group F: Participation and digital media (Pradipta Biswas)•AVA-I-0079 - Report from Working Group F “Participation and digital media”•5.8Working Group I: Mobile and handheld devices (Axel Leblois and John Lee)

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Agenda for today


5Overview of inputs addressed to 11 Working Groups •5.9Working Group K: Access of working procedures (Mia Ahlgren and Marc Magennis)•AVA-I-0082 - Report from Working Group K “Access of working procedures”•5.10 Working Group H: IPTV (Masahito Kawamori) •5.11 Working Group J: Key Performance Indicators•15:30 - 15:45 BREAK

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Agenda for today

Agenda 19 January 2012 (12 - CONTINUED)•Working Groups sessions work •6 Resources and finances of FG AVA•7 Next FG AVA meetings and events:•8 Liaison and dissemination•9 Any other business•10 Meeting Closing (aiming to finish by 17:00)

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Identifyactions that canturn the vision

into realityHave a clear view of the current situation

and key obstacles

Share a vision of media that

are truly accessible

Propose a roadmapof actions

and metrics to measure progress


focus group meeting 3 19 january 2012 barcelona (uab)

Documents

av media accessible

media regulation

wantav media

enjoyment of digital

terms audiovisual media

crpd accessibility

fg ava roadmap

rights of persons