Accessibility in ATSC 3.0 [November (2016)]

Many people are either hearing or visually impaired or may be completely deaf or blind. Having access to television news, weather, sports, and entertainment requires unique accessibility services. In television broadcast videos can be closed captioned so deaf and hard-of-hearing users can understand the video while Video Description Service can accommodate better understanding of on screen action for the blind or visually impaired. As an emerging platform, ATSC 3.0, can provide an opportunity to improve on these services and offer new ones.