INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION JOINT COORDINATION ACTIVITY ON ACCESSIBILITY AND HUMAN FACTORS TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR Doc 43 English only STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 Original: English TD (Ref: FG AVA - LS 18R1 -E) Source: FG AVA Title: LS from FG-AVA to International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO - accessibility issues on pre-flight safety demonstration videos LIAISON STATEMENT For action to: ICAO For comment to: - For information to: JCA-AHF, ITU-D Q20/1, SG 2, SG 16 Approval: Agreed to by FG AVA (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 January 2013) Deadline: 31 May 2013 Takebumi Itagaki ITU FG-AVA WG-D cocoordinator Alexandra Gaspari TSB FG AVA Secretariat Contact: Contact: E-mail: T.Itagaki@brunel.ac.uk E-mail: tsbfgava@itu.int A new liaison statement has been received from FG AVA. . Attention: Some or all of the material attached to this liaison statement may be subject to ITU copyright. In such a case this will be indicated in the individual document. Such a copyright does not prevent the use of the material for its intended purpose, but it prevents the reproduction of all or part of it in a publication without the authorization of ITU. -2- AVA – LS 018R1 – E INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR English only STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 Original: English Geneva, 21-23 January 2013 WG(s): Ref.: AVA-O-021 Source: FG AVA Title: LS from FG AVA to ICAO on accessibility issues on pre-flight safety demonstration videos LIAISON STATEMENT For action to: ICAO For comment to: - For information to: ITU-T SG16, SG2, JCA-AHF; ITU-D Q20-1/1 Approval: Agreed to by FG AVA (Geneva, Switzerland, 23 January 2013) Deadline: 31 May 2013 Contact: Takebumi Itagaki ITU FG-AVA WG-D co-coordinator E-mail: t.itagaki@brunel.ac.uk Contact: Alexandra Gaspari TSB FG AVA Secretariat E-mail: tsbfgava@itu.int ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) would like to liaise officially with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as your organization is involved in the standardisation of in-flight safety features for passenger transport. FG AVA would like to establish exchanges of information and cooperation with your organization, in the context of audio-visual accessibility, especially for your standardisation in the pre-flight safety demonstration video for passengers, in terms of effective presentation of captioning (subtitles) and sign language interpreters. FG AVA would like to know the most appropriate contact point within ICAO to establish a formal liaison. We welcome future communication and look forward to further collaboration with you. ___________________