Accessibility-by-design: a framework for delivery-context-aware personalised media content re-purposing

Badii, A., Fuschi, D., Khan, A. and Adetoye, A. (2009) Accessibility-by-design: a framework for delivery-context-aware personalised media content re-purposing. In: Holzinger, A. and Miesenberger, K. (eds.) HCI and usability for e-inclusion, proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science, 5889. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 209-226. ISBN 9783642103070

Abstract/Summary

This paper describes a framework architecture for the automated re-purposing and efficient delivery of multimedia content stored in CMSs. It deploys specifically designed templates as well as adaptation rules based on a hierarchy of profiles to accommodate user, device and network requirements invoked as constraints in the adaptation process. The user profile provides information in accordance with the opt-in principle, while the device and network profiles provide the operational constraints such as for example resolution and bandwidth limitations. The profiles hierarchy ensures that the adaptation privileges the users' preferences. As part of the adaptation, we took into account the support for users' special needs, and therefore adopted a template-based approach that could simplify the adaptation process integrating accessibility-by-design in the template.