ENACT programme (19 March 2025)

09.00-11.00 ENACT project pre-conference workshop on media accessibility: state of the art and future challenges.

  • Welcome and overview of ENACT (Veronika Rot, RTV Slovenija, ENACT project coordinator). [pdf]
  • Audio description and audio subtitling (Elisa Perego, University of Pavia).
  • Subtitling (Carlo Eugeni, University of Leeds). [pdf]
  • Sign language interpreting (Marta Bosch-Baliarda, Departament de Política Lingüística). [pdf]
  • Easy-to-understand language (Anna Matamala, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). [pdf]
  • Accessibility technologies in public media (radio & television) (Andrej Tomažin, RTV Slovenija). [pdf]
  • Web and digital accessibility (Carlos Duarte, Universidade de Lisboa). [pdf]
  • Artificial Intelligence and accessibility (Sabine Braun, Surrey University). [pdf]
  • Accessibility in virtual reality and virtual worlds (Pilar Orero, UAB). [pdf]
  • User perspective (Daniel Casas, European Disability Forum). [pdf]

Venue

The ENACT event took place in Barcelona city center, at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, the Catalan Language Academy. You can take a virtual tour on their website. You can also visit the Prat de la Riba room where the conference will take place.

Address: Carrer del Carme, 47, Barcelona.

Access to map.

Acknowledgements and contact

This seminar is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Please contact Anna Matamala at anna.matamala@uab.cat for further details.