Object-Based Access: Enhancing Accessibility with Data-Driven Media

Audiovisual media is an integral part of many people’s everyday lives. People with accessibility needs, especially people with complex accessibility needs, however, may face challenges accessing this content. This doctoral work addresses this problem by investigating how complex accessibility needs can be met by content personalisation by leveraging data-driven methods. To this end, I will collaborate with people with aphasia, a complex language impairment, as an exemplar community of people with complex accessibility needs. To better understand the needs of people with aphasia, I will use collaborative design techniques to meet the needs of end users. This will involve them in the design, development and evaluation of systems that demonstrate the benefits of content personalisation as an accessibility intervention. This paper outlines the background and motivation to this PhD, the work that has already been completed, and current planned future work.