ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,000, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Parity Endeavors Inc. (Camarill, Calif.).
"Apparatus and method for providing audio description content" was invented by Roy F. Samuelson (Woodland Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are described. The method includes receiving audio soundtracks including an audio soundtrack representing an audible form of written text and/or an audible description of a visual element, determining a quality level of that audio soundtrack, and modifying that audio soundtrack to include an indication of the quality level based on the determination. The apparatus includes a memory ...