Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (61)

Television dialogue; balancing audibility, attention and accessibility
Presentation / Conference
Ward, L., & Shirley, B. Television dialogue; balancing audibility, attention and accessibility. Presented at Conference on Accessibility in Film, Television and Interactive Media, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, United Kingdom

Sound effects and other non-speech broadcast elements play many roles within television and radio content, including progressing the narrative. However, accessibility strategies for hard of hearing listeners tend to reduce all non-speech elements e... Read More about Television dialogue; balancing audibility, attention and accessibility.

The effect of early impulse response length and visual environment on externalization of binaural virtual sources
Presentation / Conference
Sinker, J., & Shirley, B. The effect of early impulse response length and visual environment on externalization of binaural virtual sources. Presented at 140th AES Convention, Paris, France

When designing an audio-augmented-reality (AAR) system capable of rendering acoustic “overlays” to real environments, it is advantageous to create externalized virtual sources with minimal computational complexity. This paper describes experiments de... Read More about The effect of early impulse response length and visual environment on externalization of binaural virtual sources.

Format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media
Presentation / Conference
Thallinger, G., Shirley, B., Schreer, O., Thomas, G., Niamut, O., Macq, J., …Oldfield, R. Format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media. Presented at Networked and Electronic Media Summit 2011

The media industry is currently being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalisation (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). A capture, producti... Read More about Format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media.

FascinatE D3. 1.1 Survey of metadata and knowledge for automated scripting
Report
Thomas, G., Schreer, O., Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., Niamut, O., Poggi, A., …Verzijp, N. FascinatE D3. 1.1 Survey of metadata and knowledge for automated scripting

This document defines the various types of metadata in the FascinatE system and discusses representation requirements and candidate formats. The document considers various types of metadata describing capture, production, context, content, scripts, n... Read More about FascinatE D3. 1.1 Survey of metadata and knowledge for automated scripting.

Up-mixing and localisation-localisation performance of up-mixed consumer multichannel formats
Presentation / Conference
Chaffey, R., & Shirley, B. Up-mixing and localisation-localisation performance of up-mixed consumer multichannel formats. Presented at 122nd AES Convention, Vienna, Austria

A number of listening tests were carried out to assess localisation of sound in derived surround sound fields. Two up-mixed consumer multichannel formats that use matrix decoding of 3/2 multichannel surround channels to increase the surround channel... Read More about Up-mixing and localisation-localisation performance of up-mixed consumer multichannel formats.

Measurement of speech intelligibility in noise : a comparison of a stereo image source and a central loudspeaker source
Presentation / Conference
Kendrick, P., & Shirley, B. Measurement of speech intelligibility in noise : a comparison of a stereo image source and a central loudspeaker source. Presented at 118th AES Convention, Barcelona, Spain

Surround sound television is being taken up by broadcasters around the world and it is important to assess the impact of this for viewers, particularly those who struggle to understand speech on TV soundtracks. This research assesses the effect on in... Read More about Measurement of speech intelligibility in noise : a comparison of a stereo image source and a central loudspeaker source.

ITC clean audio project
Presentation / Conference
Shirley, B., & Kendrick, P. ITC clean audio project. Presented at 116th AES Convention, Berlin, Germany

In this paper a hybrid architecture is presented, that combines linear and switching topology, in order to obtain an audio amplifier featuring high efficiency, low distortion and high bandwidth. The intrinsic structure of the switching stage allows a... Read More about ITC clean audio project.

Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID)
Presentation / Conference
Ward, L., Shirley, B., & Davies, W. Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID). Presented at Reproduced Sound 2018 : putting sound in its place, Bristol, UK

Recent technological advances in object-based broadcasting present the opportunity to improve broadcast accessibility, particularly for the 11 million people in the UK with hearing impairment. Taking advantage of this opportunity is important given t... Read More about Development and preliminary results of the University of Salford media Accessibility and hearing Impairment Database (U-SAID).