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AI-Powered Audible Crawl Rule Solution for Broadcast

SineSix vocalVision^TM is an audio description product designed to help television broadcasters comply with the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (21CVAA) Audible Crawl rule, while also improving the overall viewing experience for audiences who are visually impaired.

In addition to meeting FCC regulatory requirements for accessible emergency communications, vocalVision^TM goes further by providing real-time audible descriptions of on-screen graphics and other visual elements—ensuring all viewers receive critical information and contextual enhancements during live or recorded programming.

Designed for seamless integration with Cobalt Digital’s 9900 series Frame Synchronizers, vocalVision^TM transforms regulatory compliance into an opportunity for audience engagement, trust, and service expansion.

Features:

Full support for 21CVAA accessibility regulations, including Graphical Element Description.
Integrates seamlessly with Cobalt Digital hardware for baseband level TTS conversion and audio insertion.
Built-in shared watch folders for logo images and +TTS text files.
Real-time audible descriptions of visual content such as lower-third headlines, weather graphics, election graphics, product graphics, sports graphics and more. Helps visually impaired audiences to follow contextual, graphic-driven information often missed in traditional broadcasts.
User friendly browser-based management interface.
Easy integration with broadcast graphics systems for triggering audio description events via the Watchman API.

How it Works

vocalVision^TM ingests your program feed and provides real-time audio descriptions for a broad range of broadcast graphic elements. FCC-compliant Audible Crawl alerts and graphic descriptions can be triggered through the web interface or integrated directly with existing graphics systems via the built-in Watchman API.

Use Cases

Various uses cases where vocalVision^TM can help to improve the viewing experience for visually impaired viewers, in real-time.

21CVAA Audible Crawl Rule compliance with graphical element description of radar maps or other graphics

Audible descriptions of election graphics enhance the TV experience for visually impaired viewers

Describing lower-third headlines in real-time provides greater context for visually impaired viewers

vocalVision^TM Workflow

The diagram below illustrates a sample vocalVision^TM workflow with weather radar graphics and breaking news text provided by external systems. The content is delivered over a local network to the system’s built-in shared folders for processing.

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