Bristol - August 7, 2009

STAND 5.A12 - Ocean Blue Software is marking this year's IBC with the unveiling of a number of its latest innovative solutions , most notably the software solution for the visually-impaired; Ocean Blue has developed set top box-based text-to-speech (TTS) technology in conjunction with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), targeted at those with differing forms of sight impairment.

Ocean Blue created a consortium to develop an "accessible" digital TV product which turns on-screen text into speech, thus enabling set up menus, programming guides and on-screen prompts to be spoken to the user.

The RNIB/Ocean Blue technology will be available for demonstrations on the Ocean Blue stand at IBC, and a member of the RNIB team will also be available at the event for discussions and to answer any questions.

Also on display at the event:

SUNRISE DVB WEB BROWSER - Ocean Blue Software has integrated a well-known web browser to its Sunrise DVB stack enabling access to internet TV services such as catch-up TV, video on demand and sites like You Tube and Flickr.

MULTI-MEDIA PLAYER - Ocean Blue Software has enhanced its Sunrise DVB software stack with the addition of multi-media player technology. The solution supports file formats such as MP3 and JPEG, and DLNA and uPNP connectivity.

SUNRISE CI+ – Ocean Blue will be demonstrating its CI+ software stack, browser and sample applications.

SURFSOFT FREEVIEW + PVR – Freeview + compliant PVR software which enables hard disk and USB drive devices to record and playback DTT programmes and includes all the trick mode functionality.

SUNRISE DVB HD – Ocean Blue's core DVB software stack for digital TV reception and functionality, which supports high definition transmissions.

VOYAGER MHEG HD – Ocean Blue's MHEG-5 middleware engine for digital interactive ("Press red") services, extended to support high definition, IP return path and country profiles for Australia, New Zealand and Ireland for example.

Watch this space for further announcements from Ocean Blue Software.