The DVB Project has published a set of Commercial Requirements for the extension and revision of some core DVB specifications to support better signalling of accessibility services. The work relates specifically to the HbbTV Accessibility Framework.
The Commercial Requirements, published as DVB BlueBook C102, will guide technical work to update the existing DVB-SI, DVB-I and DVB-DASH specifications. The aim is to ensure that the availability of accessibility features is clearly signalled in all DVB services, to facilitate easy use of such services by end users.
HbbTV Accessibility Framework
The initiative was triggered by recent work within the HbbTV Association on an ‘Accessibility Framework’. The framework has been created in a context where the operating systems of TV sets have an increasing range of accessibility options, although with…
