Samsung continues to broaden its accessibility options
for extra inclusivity and ease-of-use
Samsung Electronics at present introduced that the corporate has acquired ‘Tried and Tested Accreditation’ for its 2020 Smart TVs from the United Kingdom’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) which is the primary time this accreditation has been given within the TV business.
RNIB awards its “Tried and Tested” accreditation to merchandise, web sites, apps or companies which meet RNIB standards for accessibility for customers with impaired imaginative and prescient. This distinction allows the customers to make simpler buy selections and likewise underscores Samsung’s dedication to enhancing accessibility options on its TVs.
Samsung has labored with RNIB since 2013 to make sure that Samsung merchandise are suited with the right options to supply accessibility for all customers.
Since 2014, Samsung has targeted on enhancing accessibility options for customers who’re visually impaired, offering options comparable to ‘Voice Guide’ that allows the TV to learn aloud program data and ‘High Contrast’ mode that shows graphic data with opaque black backgrounds and white font for enhanced visibility. In recognition of those options, RNIB offered its ‘Inclusive Society Award’ to Samsung Electronics in 2016.
Since then, Samsung Electronics has continued to enhance and broaden the accessibility options on its TVs to higher obtain digital inclusivity for deaf and listening to impaired folks in addition to blind and partially sighted folks. Features embody:
- With upgraded Voice Guide characteristic, customers can hearken to key data on packages in addition to directions for the distant management and accessibility options. Users can also alter the pitch and pace of the Voice Guide to go well with their preferences.
- The Digital Magnifier which reinforces and expands textual content and pictures on giant screens whereas mirroring the Samsung Galaxy smartphone to a TV.1
- The Focus Enlarge characteristic magnifies particular fonts associated to TV management, quantity and menus.
- Automatic recognition and enlargement of the signal language space for the hearing-impaired in addition to capacity to regulate and transfer the subtitle positions.
“With a growing variety of content and features, people are now having more fun with their smart TVs,” mentioned Kangwook Chun, Executive Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung is fully committed to providing comprehensive accessibility features on its TVs so that every user can enjoy their favorite content much more easily,” he added.
David Clarke, Director of Services at RNIB, mentioned, “RNIB is delighted to award our Tried and Tested certification to Samsung in recognition of the accessibility features within their TV. RNIB and Samsung have worked together since 2013, and each year the accessibility features on their televisions have been improved and expanded.”
1 Digital Magnifier might not be out there on some Samsung cell gadgets.
