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. 2022 Nov 30:1–26. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11042-022-14173-4

Table 5.

Questions related to Media Quality IFs. Media quality refers to the quality of the sound (audio) and the image (video) in terms of perceivable impairments (e.g., perceptible audio delay, image blurriness). Please evaluate how important you consider the following factors of audiovisual calls

Rating scale 5 4 3 2 1
How important do you consider the following factor for overall audiovisual call quality?a
Speech intelligibility
Voice naturalness
Uninterrupted interaction during communication
Audio-video synchronization
Image sharpness
Smooth movement in the video
Color accuracy (colors do not differ
significantly from real colors)
To what extent do you consider the following factor to impact overall audiovisual call quality?b
Perceptible audio delay
Perceptible video delay
Short and occasional video freezes
(lasting a few seconds)
Longer video freezes (i.e., longer than 15 seconds)
impact overall audiovisual call quality, if the audio
quality remains good for the duration of the call
Image blurriness

a 5 - “Very Important”, 4 - “Important”, 3 - “Moderately Important”, 2 - “Slightly Important”, 1 - “Not Important”

b 5 - “To a great extent”, 4 - “To a moderate extent”, 3 - “To some extent”, 2 - “To a small extent”, 1 - “Not at All”