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Accessible In-Flight Entertainment Systems: Status Report

Outline . In-flight Entertainment Systems Access Issues Solutions Future . 1. In Flight Entertainment Systems . Three basic types:In Seat BackDrop Down VideoPortable Systems ( digiPlayer)WLAN systems . 1 . IFE. Preset Audio/Visual EntertainmentPreset GamesOn Demand range of Choices and f

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Accessible In-Flight Entertainment Systems: Status Report

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    1. Accessible In-Flight Entertainment Systems: Status Report Kate Hunter-Zaworski, Ph.D., P.E. Director, NCAT TRANSED 2007 Montreal Canada

    2. Outline In-flight Entertainment Systems Access Issues Solutions Future

    3. 1. In Flight Entertainment Systems Three basic types: In Seat Back Drop Down Video Portable Systems ( digiPlayer) WLAN systems

    4. 1 . IFE Preset Audio/Visual Entertainment Preset Games On Demand range of Choices and formats Some real time Satellite TV

    5. 1. Forms of IFE Cabin Music Audio Entertainment AVOD Audio Video on Demand Video Entertainment Personal TVs (PTV)

    7. Back of seat IFE- Economy

    8. Flip-up IFE

    10. Portable IFE Portable IFE with: Noise reduction headphones

    12. 2. Technology Access Issues Lack of Captions Land based “line-21” caption not compatible with seat back systems Existing captioned materials/data requires reformatting for IFE Need to transform Satellite sources for IFE

    13. Caption Issues Legibility on small screens Sub-titles and Captions are not the same Sub-titles do not contain non speech information Open Caption- cannot be turned off Closed Caption –toggled by user

    14. Human Factors Captioning: Font type, size, contrast levels and scroll rate Controls: Agility Size, shape and layout of controls Screen size and clarity

    15. Technology Challenge Need for real time speech to text by flight crew: Important for safety of all passengers Emergency and Evacuation Instructions

    16. 3. SOLUTIONS NCAT developments Wireless RERC at Georgia Tech TRACE Center -University of Wisconsin-Madison

    17. 4. FUTURE Wireless access onboard vehicles Real-time speech to text systems Hardware and software interfaces for agility and sensory impaired passengers Universal and Inclusive design approach

    18. The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Accessible Public Transportation is funded under grant H133E030009 from the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in the US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The content of this presentation does not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    19. CONTACT US National Center for Accessible Transportation 220 Owen Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR , 97331-3212 Tel: 800-916-0099 ncat@oregonstate.edu http://ncat.oregonstate.edu

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