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Media Accessibility for Low-Vision Users in the MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework Truong Cong THANG Seungji YANG Yong Man RO Edward K. WONG Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Vol.E90-D No.8 pp.1271-1278 Publication Date: 2007/08/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1361 DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e90-d.8.1271 Print ISSN: 0916-8532 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Keyword: content adaptation, low vision, MPEG-21, accessibility, Full Text: PDF(922.5KB)>>
Summary: Ethical and legal requirements have made accessibility a crucial feature in any information systems. This paper presents a content adaptation framework, based on the MPEG-21 standard, to help low-vision users have better accessibility to visual contents. We first present an overview of MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) and the low-vision description tool which enables interoperable content adaptation. This description tool lists seven low-vision symptoms, namely loss of fine detail, lack of contrast, central vision loss, peripheral vision loss, hemianopia, light sensitivity, and need of light. Then we propose a systematic contrast-enhancement method to improve the content visibility for low-vision users, focusing on the first two symptoms. The effectiveness of the low-vision description tool and our adaptation framework is verified by some experiments with an adaptation test-bed. The major advantages of the proposed approach include 1) support of a wide range of low-vision conditions, and 2) customized content adaptation to specific characteristics of each user. | ||||||||||
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