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TIWO –
Television in Words, audio description
The project reached the end of its EPSRC-funded lifetime in January 2005:
you can read the final report here.
However, the work initiated in TIWO is
continuing at University of Surrey, and with collaboration from the Round Table
members. There are plans to submit
research grant proposals for ‘TIWO 2’ projects later this year.
Audio Description and
Computing Narrative in Multimedia Systems
TIWO aims
to develop a computational account of narrative in multimedia systems. We are considering how audio description
scripts convey stories originally told in moving images: these scripts are an
interesting as a new example of collateral text and a source for generating
machine-executable representations of video data, specifically films and
television programs. Click here for an overview of progress to date.
Processing Audio
Description
A system
is being specified and prototyped with three main functions; to assist in the
preparation of audio description scripts; to customise audio description
scripts for different audiences; and, to process audio description scripts into
machine-executable representations for video retrieval and browsing. The research team
at
Available
for download:
Reports on Project Deliverables
NAFI – software for navigating films with
hypervideo
Contact:
Dr Andrew Salway (a.salway@surrey.ac.uk)