Pilot Actions

PILOT ACTION NAME

COUNTRY

PILOT ACTION TYPE

DESCRIPTIONS

ACTION OBJECTIVE

DATE OF EXECUTION

PRP1-ST-Presentation modes

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA and UAB)

Closed

Comfort "Field of View"
Guiding to speaker (sided text, arrow, and compass)

To get feed-back on the features to be implemented and narrow them down if necessary.

April and May 2018

PRP1-SL-Presentation modes

Germany (RBB)

Closed

Comfort "Field of View"
Guiding to speaker (sided SL video, arrow) and forced perspective

To get feed-back on the features to be implemented and narrow them down if necessary

April 2018

PRCN1-AD-Presentation modes

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Closed

Three versions of audio description with different sound and scripting strategies

To get feed-back on the features to be implemented and narrow them down if necessary

April and May 2018

P1-ST-Presentation modes

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Closed

Guiding to speaker (arrow, radar)

Gathering feedback for the second iteration

September and October 2018

P1-ST-Player

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Closed

Player usability: accessing subtitling service with traditional menu and HMD

Gathering feedback on player interface

September and October 2018

P1-ACM

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA, UAB)

Closed

ACM usability and user preferences

Gathering feedback from professional content managers.

July 2018

P1-ST-Editor

Spain (UAB)

Closed

Subtitling editor usability and user preferences

Gathering feedback from professional subtitlers.

July 2018

P1-AD-Editor

Spain (UAB)

Closed

AD editor usability and user preferences

Gathering feedback from professional audiodescribers.

September to October 2018

PRP2-ST-Presentation modes

Spain (UAB)

Closed

Presentation modes:
always visible vs fixed positioned
arrow vs autopositioning

Comparing current solutions with ImAc developments.
Identify preferred solutions by users and most immersive options. Head tracking analysis.

November 2018

PRP2-ST-Presentation modes

Spain (UAB)

Closed

Presentation modes:
always visible vs fixed positioned
arrow vs radar

Comparing current solutions with ImAc developments.
Identify preferred solutions by users and most immersive options. Head tracking analysis.

March to April 2019

PRP2-ST-Presentation modes

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Closed

Subtitle positioning (always visible with arrow versus fixed positioned with arrow) and non-speech sound representation (emojis versus text)

Gathering feed-back from users on developments

May to June 2019

PRP2-ST-Player

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Closed

Player usability: accessing subtitling service with tablet and HMD

Features evaluation

May to June 2019

PRP2-E2R-Presentation modes

Spain (UAB)

Closed

Preferences between SDH and E2R subtitling

Gathering user feed-back on E2R subtitles

May to June 2019

PRP2-SL-Presentation modes

Germany (RBB)

Closed

Display of signer video (continuous versus non-continuous). SL with ST versus SL only. Speaker representation (emoji versus text).

User preferences on different presentation modes

May to June 2019

PRCN2-AD-Presentation modes

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Closed

Presentation modes: classic, dynamic, static.

Testing the methodology for the cross-national and the features to be tested

May to June 2019

PRCN2-AST-Presentation modes

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Closed

Presentation modes: classic, dynamic, both with TTS.

Testing the methodology for the cross-national and the features to be tested

May to June 2019

PRCN2-AD-Player

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Closed

Player usability: voice interaction and enhanced menu

Testing the methodology for the cross-national and the features to be tested

May to June 2019

P2-ACM

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Open

ACM usability and user preferences

Gathering feed-back on improved version including user requirements.

August to Setember 2019

P2-ST-Editor

Germany (RBB)
Spain (CCMA)

Open

Subtitling editor usability and user preferences

Gathering feed-back on improved version including user requirements.

August to Setember 2019

P2-SL-Editor

Germany (RBB)

Closed

SL editor usability and user preferences

Gathering feedback from professional SL interpreters.

August to September 2019

P2-AD-Editor

Spain (UAB)

Closed

AD editor usability and user preferences

Gathering feed-back on improved version including user requirements.

September 2019

P2-ST-HbbTV+CS

Spain (CCMA)

Open

ST presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings
Use of Companion Screen device.

Gathering feed-back on the ImAc experience using a Companion Screen device.

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-ST-SA/S

Spain (CCMA)

Open

ST presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings

Gathering feed-back on the ImAc experience.

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-ST-PC+CS

Spain (CCMA)

Open

ST presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings.
Use of Companion Screen device.

Gathering feed-back on the ImAc experience using a Companion Screen device.

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-ST-HMD/S

Spain (CCMA)

Semi-open

ST presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings

Gathering feed-back on the ImAc experience.

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-ST-SA/G

Germany (RBB)

Open

ST presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-ST-HMD/G

Germany (RBB)

Closed

Workshop: isolated presentation modes and personalisation

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-SL-SA/G

Germany (RBB)

Open

SL presentation modes, usability, tracking of personalisation settings

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to January 2020

P2-SL-HMD/G

Germany (RBB)

Closed

Workshop: isolated presentation modes and personalisation

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to January 2020

CN-AD-Presentation modes

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Semi-open

AD presentation modes based on scripting features

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to December 2019

CN-AST-presentation modes

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Semi-open

AST presentation modes

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to December 2019

CN-Player

United Kingdom (RNIB)
Spain (UAB)

Semi-open

Player usability: voice interaction and enhanced menu

Final feedback on the ImAc experience

October 2019 to December 2019

 

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