The following pages document NPR Labs' progress on National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-sponsored grant activities, as well as other accessible activities of note. Braille Radio
PAIS: Personalized Audio Information Services Personalized Audio Information Services (PAIS) is a new digital radio
reading service that automatically assembles relevant, customized audio
content.
NPR Labs Video Presentation: Overview of Captioned Radio
New ITU Captioned Radio Recommendation Now Out for Ballot December 2010 - Captioning for Radio is an exciting new development in service to the Deaf, Hearing Loss, and Deaf-Blind communities. Captioned Radio is nearing approval as an international recommendation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-UIT), the agency of the United Nations that adopts standards recommendations for telecommunications services worldwide.
We are urging you to contact your country's Radio Spectrum Regulatory Authority requesting active support of the Captioned Radio Recommendation now out for ballot by Member States (countries) of the United Nations.
The formal balloting reference has been released in ITU-Radiocommunications Sector Circular Letter 6/LCCE/72 which provides for balloting between now and February 6, 2011.
The specific recommendation to support is summarized in the circular as:
Draft New Recommendation ITU-R BS.[CAP.RAD] Doc. 6/303(Rev.1) - Digital radio broadcast service, captioned radio. This Recommendation describes mechanisms to support captioned radio broadcast services on the basis of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting systems described in Recommendation ITU-R BS.1114 as well as traditional analogue FM system(s).
Full text of the Draft New Recommendation can be found here. Please contact Mike Starling with any questions.
June 2009 - In three studies, consumer preferences and memory performance for radio text displays were examined. In total over 140 consumers participated in this experimental program, including hearing, hard-of-hearing and deaf individuals.
December 20, 2008 - The purpose of this report is to summarize and recommend to receiver manufacturers the technologies and features that would be most accessible to blind and low-vision consumers.
November 2008 - Approximately 150 guests visited 5 locations (Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Phoenix and Washington) on election night 2008. 75 deaf and hard-of-hearing participants responded to questions concerning 3 displays.
NPR Labs seeks information from interested manufacturing and sourcing organizations on integration capabilities for bringing purpose-specific sensory radio devices to market.
These four RFI are the following:
Captioned Radio Manufacturing Integration Readiness
