Recently Israel’s Center for Accessible Culture, based in Tel Aviv and previously known as the Central Library for the Blind, decided to replace its older production equipment. The center creates a great deal of audio content for books and descriptive programs for the blind and visually impaired.
Jerusalem-based Broadcast Design was tasked with the job.
Broadcast Design Founder and CEO Micah Blum said, “A key challenge was how to provide visually impaired members of the production team with a solution that was really easy for them to use. We set up a demo studio based on a DHD SX2 control module plus an XC3 IP core.”
Providing details he added, “The SX2 has a larger number of physical buttons allowing customizable direct access which was important for visually impaired operators. Additional features included audio over IP studio connectivity using Audinate Dante.”
Ultimately, according to Blum, “Three complete systems were ordered for use across nine studios… The inclusion of AoIP into the facility opened new options like the ability to record to any specific studio from any computer. It also allowed backup recording, including a server which can capture the output from all studios at once.”
He added, “The DHD system is so flexible that we were even able to give each control button a unique identifying sound so that it could be used with confidence by a non-sighted operator.”
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