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Informa(on)can)save)lives. � NHK)(Japan)Broadcas(ng)Corpora(on)) Science)and)Technology)Research)Laboratories) Nobuyuki)Hiruma �

East)Japan)Earthquake)and) Tsunami � • 11.)March,)2011.)14:46)JST) • M ����������������� ) • 298,033)evacuated.) • ))15,883)dead.) • ))))2,671)missing.) • ))))6,145)injured.) ) ) � Figures as of June 2013 �

Earthquake)Early)Warning � • Detects)PYwave)and)warns)before)SYwave)hits.) • Processed)and)broadcast)all)automa(cally. � Seismometer � JMA* � *JMA = Japan Meteorological Agency � S-Wave P-Wave (slow, strong) � (fast, weak) � Epicenter �

Earthquake)Early)Warning � • Alert)voice)and)text)automa(cally)presented) with)a)special)chime)sound.) • The)chime)sound)was)designed)to)be)easy)to) hear)for)everybody)including)elderly)people. �

Emergency)Warning)System � • Ac(vated)when)Tsunami)Alert)is)issued. � • Automa(cally)turns)on)dedicated)receivers. � Tsunami Alert � Tsunami Alert has been Japan Meteorological issued! � Agency � Special Control Signal � NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) � Receiver wakes up automatically. �

Death)Rate)in)the)East)Japan)Disaster � • NHK)report) (NHK)“Welfare)network”)Team)) ) Deaths � Population � Death rate � Total (3 Prefs*.) � 12,853 � 1,244,167 � 1.03% � ) Impaired Total � 1,388 � 67,509 � 2.06% � ) Physical � 1,243 � 53,928 � 2.30% � ) Visual � 74 � 3,755 � 1.97% � Hearing � 75 � 3,753 � 2.00% � ) *Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima Prefectures � Impairments)caused)double)death)rate.) • Improving)accessibility)of)broadcas(ng)is) VITALLY)important)for)impaired)people.) 6)

New)Color)Scheme) for)tsunami)alert)display � Easy to see for all people including ones with weak color vision. Before renewal � New color scheme �

Closed)Cap(oning � Authoring method for live broadcasting: � Stenotype � Automatic Speech Recognition � Standard feature of digital TVs in Japan �

ClosedYcap(on)by)speech)recogni(on) to)News)on)East)Japan)Earthquake � Output) display � Speech)recogni(on) system � Operator)for)error)correct � 9)

Visions)of)sign)language)service � • Closed)SL)service) – Allows)user)to)switch)on/off)and)select) superposi(on)style/size)they)prefer) Broadcas(ng)sta(on � Receiver � broadcast � Program � broadcast/) internet � Signer � User)controllable � 10)