Abstract
No assignee for this patent application has been made.News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Content items (e.g., multimedia content, a movie, streaming content, etc.), such as movies or televisionshows, may include audio that provides context to, and/or aids the subjective understanding of, thecontent item. For example, a content item may include audio content (e.g., audio data, an audio track,etc.) that includes sounds, sound effects, speech/dialogue, and/or the like that, correspond to, explain,provide context to, and/or complement visually depicted scenes, events, and/or the like of the contentitem. Portions of the audio (e.g., auditory events, etc.), such as sounds, sound effects, speech/dialogue,and/or the like that, that provide context to specific scenes and/or events depicted by the content item,may be too loud, too low, and/or missing altogether. Audio content with portions that are too loud,too low, and/or missing negatively impacts the user experience. Particularly, the subjective perceptionand/or understanding of the context of the content item may be impacted. The impact is exacerbatedfor people that may be visually impaired and unable to rely on the visually depicted scenes/events and/orsupplementary information associated with media content items such as subtitles, closed captioning, anaudio description, and/or additional dialogue (e.g., dialogue in a different language, etc.), and instead rely on the audio content for context and/or understanding when consuming (e.g., listening, etc.) the contentitem.”
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