3play Media Inc.

Andrew H Schwartz

Roger Scott Zimmerman

Christopher S Antunes

Joshua Miller

Jeremy E Barron

Christopher E Johnson

Anatole Khesin

Sharon Lee Tomasulo

Lanya Lee Butler

Lily Megan Berthold-Bond

Kelly J Savietta

Nicholas R Moutis

Daniel J Caddigan

Nathanael Beisiegel

Michael Chalson

An audio description system includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores source media comprising frames positioned within the source media according to a time index. The processor is configured to generate, using an image-to-text model, a textual description of each frame; identify intervals within the time index, each interval encompassing one or more positions of one or more frames; identify placement periods within the time index, each placement period being temporally proximal to an interval; generate a summary description based on at least one textual description of at least one frame positioned within a selected interval temporally proximal to a placement period; and associate the summary description with the placement period.

Automated audio description system and method

A computer system configured to generate an audio description of a media file is provided. The system includes a display, a memory, and a processor coupled to the display and the memory. The memory stores a media file, including video data that is accessible via a time index and audio data synchronized with the video data by the time index and a transcript of the audio data, including transcription data synchronized with the video data via the time index. The processor is configured to render, via the display, images from portions of the video data; render text from portions of the transcription data in synchrony with the images; receive input identifying a point within the time index; receive input specifying audio description data to associate with the point; store, in the memory, the audio description data; and store an association between the audio description data and the point.

Efficient audio description systems and methods

A system for creating synchronized content is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a synchronization engine component executable by the at least one processor. The synchronization engine component is configured to locate a media file associated with synchronization information; locate at least one clip derived from the media file; generate a reference template representative of the media file; generate a derived content template representative of the at least one clip; align the derived content template with the reference template to create alignment information; and generate the synchronized content based on the at least one clip, the alignment information, and the synchronization information.

Systems and methods for automatically synchronizing media to derived content

In at least one embodiment, a system for positioning captions upon video images of a media file is provided. The system includes a memory storing at least one caption frame associated with at least one video frame, at least one processor in data communication with the memory, and a caption engine component executable by the at least one processor. The caption engine component is configured to determine that at least one region of the at least one video frame is free of identified content and position the at least one caption frame within the at least one region.

Automated caption positioning systems and methods

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Andrew H Schwartz