1. International Telecommunication Union Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 1 ITU-EBU Joint Workshop on Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL (In cooperation with the EU project DTV4All) Geneva, 23 – 24 November 2010 Andrea Del Principe RAI – Research Centre Turin, Italy Signing Solutions

2. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010  Enjoying TV with friends and family  The ATLAS project

3. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010  Current situation: LIS interpretation service is limited to few programmes, often broadcasted at unsocial hours Enjoying TV with friends and family

4. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010  Video signing, subtitles, audio description etc. shown on a hand-held device e.g. a smart phone.  A portable device can be used in a wide range of situations Portable Access Services …at the station …at home …at the museum

5. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 Enjoying TV with friends and family The deaf user can watch a TV programme, together with hearing people, following translation or subtitling on a personal device.

6. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 Service broadcasting scenario 1 Broadcaster Side Regular programme broadcasting Streaming of the sign language translation on the Internet Hand-held device Connected via Wi-Fi To the internet

7. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 Broadcaster Side Regular programme broadcasting Broadcasting of video signing in the DVB mux (IP over DVB) Hand-held device Connected via Wi-Fi To the local network Service broadcasting scenario 2 Custom decoder: decode IP information and provide it to a Wi-Fi router

8. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 Different speaker can be identified with different backgrounds Additional Features

9. Committed to connecting the world ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and IPTV ACCESS for ALL, 23 – 24 November 2010 ITU/EBU Workshop Accessibility to Broadcasting and  Development of a custom player on the mobile device  Synchronization issues  Ergonomic issues Research and investigation