Personalization in object-based audio for accessibility: A review of advancements for hearing impaired listeners
Hearing loss is widespread and significantly impacts an individual's ability to engage with
broadcast media. Access can be improved through new object-based audio personalization …
broadcast media. Access can be improved through new object-based audio personalization …
Multizone soundfield reproduction with privacy-and quality-based speech masking filters
Reproducing zones of personal sound is a challenging signal processing problem that has
garnered considerable research interest in recent years. We introduce in this work an …
garnered considerable research interest in recent years. We introduce in this work an …
Dialogue enhancement and listening effort in broadcast audio: A multimodal evaluation
Dialogue enhancement (DE) plays a vital role in broadcasting, enabling the personalization
of the relative level between foreground speech and background music and effects. DE has …
of the relative level between foreground speech and background music and effects. DE has …
Intelligibility versus comprehension: understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast
For traditional broadcasting formats, implementation of accessible audio strategies for hard
of hearing people have used a binary, intelligibility-based approach. In this approach …
of hearing people have used a binary, intelligibility-based approach. In this approach …
MPEG-H Audio for Improving Accessibility in Broadcasting and Streaming
Broadcasting and streaming services still suffer from various levels of accessibility barriers
for a significant portion of the population, limiting the access to information and culture, and …
for a significant portion of the population, limiting the access to information and culture, and …
Dialogue Enhancement with MPEG-H Audio: An update on Technology and Adoption
D Rieger, C Simon, M Torcoli, H Fuchs - Audio Engineering Society …, 2023 - aes.org
Difficulties in following speech on TV due to loud background sounds are a common issue in
broadcasting. Objectbased audio (OBA) systems like MPEG-H Audio can solve this problem …
broadcasting. Objectbased audio (OBA) systems like MPEG-H Audio can solve this problem …
[BOOK][B] Improving broadcast accessibility for hard of hearing individuals: using object-based audio personalisation and narrative importance
LA Ward - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Technological advances in broadcasting can be the impetus for advances in accessibility
services. For the 11 million individuals in the United Kingdom with some degree of hearing …
services. For the 11 million individuals in the United Kingdom with some degree of hearing …
Personalization of object-based audio for accessibility using narrative importance
© 2019 for this paper by its authors. An increasing incidence of hearing impairment and of
reported problems with broadcast audio is leading to an increased demand for personalized …
reported problems with broadcast audio is leading to an increased demand for personalized …
A Data-Driven Investigation of Noise-Adaptive Utterance Generation with Linguistic Modification
In noisy environments, speech can be hard to understand for humans. Spoken dialog
systems can help to enhance the intelligibility of their output, either by modifying the speech …
systems can help to enhance the intelligibility of their output, either by modifying the speech …
User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm
Object-based audio allows for personalization of content, perhaps to improve accessibility or
to increase quality of experience more generally. This paper describes the design and …
to increase quality of experience more generally. This paper describes the design and …