ImAc-Novel resources for the broadcasting industry
ImAc was present at the Sign Language Conference organised by the National Center for Sign Language Normalisation CNLSE (https://www.cnlse.es/es/congreso-cnlse-2019). UAB and i2CAT presented the personalisation features for sign language interpretation on 360º videos. For more information please write to: pilar.orero@uab.cat “This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation … Continue reading “ImAc at CNSLE19”
Part 1 – Scripting 2 September 2019 RNIB, UK Over the past year, we have experimented extensively with audio description on 360 content in the Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc). The aim is finding solutions for enhancing the viewing experience of someone with sight loss watching this content and we have broadly used the following … Continue reading “Audio description for 360° Content”
John Paton (RNIB) and Pilar Orero (UAB) organised the Immersive Audio description workshop at the Media4All Conference. This workshop went into greater detail on the alternative AD production and will explored and examine each possibility in view of the user feedback. Media 4ALL 2019 is organized by the the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies at … Continue reading “Immersive Audio Description Workshop at Media4All”
The NEM Summit is an international conference and exhibition, organized since 2008 by the NEM Initiative for all those interested in broad area of Media, Content, and Creativity. Over the years, the NEM Summit has grown to become an annual not-to-be-missed event, providing attendees with a key opportunity to meet and network with prominent stakeholders, … Continue reading “ImAc at the New European Media NEM Summit 2019”
The Global Accessibility Awareness Day is an event that takes place every year all around the world and aims at raising awareness about the importance of digital accessibility for a more inclusive society. For the second year, the TransMedia Catalonia research group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day … Continue reading “IMAC presented Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019”
In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360° environment. In ImAc, we investigate how accessibility services can be applied to 360° or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you can see a short 360° scene taken from the theatre play “Foxfinder” by Dawn King. In this … Continue reading “Fixed positioned subtitle demo”
Conference, March 19-20, 2019 Location: Barcelona, Spain Last week, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD was held in Barcelona. It is a meeting point for all stakeholders interested in audio description research and practice. Anna Matamala, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a member of the ImAc consortium, is the organizer of this … Continue reading “ImAc Project at ARSAD 2019”
Conference, March 11-15 Location: Anaheim, California This week, Pilar Orero from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Sonali Rai from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) presented the work completed so far within the Immersive Accessibility Project at the 34th annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. The annual conference which is widely regarded … Continue reading “ImAc Project at CSUN 2019”
The research group Transmedia Catalonia (UAB), part of the ImAc consortium, signed a collaboration agreement last Thursday, 27th February with APANAH, an association from Alicante based in Elda for deaf people and their families. APANAH is a non-profit association, whose main goal is the educational, professional and social integration of deaf people through oral communication. … Continue reading “ImAc Pilot: Transmedia Catalonia (UAB) and APANAH to collaborate for user testing”
When developing tools for accessibility it is essential to ensure that the applications that you build are also fully compatible with other already existing technologies that consumers are already using. A key requirement identified within the ImAc project was the need for voice control. We have therefore built a prototype to demonstrate how existing voice … Continue reading “Prototype: Integration with Amazon Alexa”