{"id":1412,"date":"2026-02-26T10:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/?page_id=1412"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:59:32","slug":"arsad-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/arsad-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ARSAD 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ARSAD (Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description) community met\u00a0on <strong>19, 20 and 21 March 2025<\/strong>\u00a0in Barcelona and celebrated its 10<sup>th<\/sup>anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access information about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/keynote-2025\/\">keynote speaker<\/a>, Prof. Sabine Braun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025-ARSAD-programme_13.03.2025.pdf\">programme<\/a> (also available below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025-ARSAD-book-of-abstracts-updated-13-03-2025.pdf\">book of abstracts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/arsad-2025-commitees\/\">committees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/speakers-event-2025\/\">social event<\/a>, The Four Seasons Reimagined. A blindfold wine tasting event produced by Bridge Multimedia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/sponsors-2025-2\/\">the sponsors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROGRAMME<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>DAY 1. Wednesday 19 March 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;(pre-conference session)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>09.00-11.00&nbsp;<strong>ENACT project pre-conference workshop<\/strong>&nbsp;on media accessibility: state of the art and future challenges (free participation for ARSAD attendees)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welcome and overview of ENACT (<strong>Veronika Rot<\/strong>, RTV Slovenja, ENACT project coordinator). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025_Rot_project-overview_ENACT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio description and audio subtitling (<strong>Elisa Perego<\/strong>, University of Pavia). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_Perego.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subtitling (<strong>Carlo Eugeni<\/strong>, University of Leeds). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_Eugeni.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sign language interpreting (<strong>Marta Bosch<\/strong>, Direcci\u00f3 General de Pol\u00edtica Ling\u00fc\u00edstica, Generalitat de Catalunya). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_BoschBaliarda_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easy-to-understand language (<strong>Anna Matamala<\/strong>, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025_Matamala_ENACT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility technologies in public media (radio &amp; television) (<strong>Andrej Toma\u017ein<\/strong>, RTV Slovenija). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025_Tomazin_ENACT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web and digital accessibility (<strong>Carlos Duarte<\/strong>, Universidade de Lisboa). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2025_Duarte_ENACT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial Intelligence and accessibility (<strong>Sabine Braun<\/strong>, Surrey University). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_sabine_braun.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility in virtual reality and virtual worlds (<strong>Pilar Orero<\/strong>, UAB). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_Orero_2025_Barcelona.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User perspective (<strong>Daniel Casas<\/strong>, European Disability Forum). [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ENACT_Daniel-Casas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11.00-11.30 Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>DAY 1. Wednesday 19 March 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;(ARSAD main conference)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>08.30-11.30 Registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.30-11.45&nbsp;<strong>Welcome<\/strong>&nbsp;address (Anna Matamala, including short TMC, WEL and AccessCat presentation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.45-12.30&nbsp;<strong>Keynote<\/strong>&nbsp;by Sabine Braun (Surrey University). Bridging the Accessibility Gap? The role of&nbsp;AI in the&nbsp;future of audio description generation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ARSAD_sabine_braun.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.30-13.30&nbsp;<strong>Panel 1. Technology: industry perspectives.<\/strong>&nbsp;Chair: Mereijn van der Heijden (Earcatch)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joel Snyder&nbsp;<\/strong>(Audio Description Associates). AI and AD: For Good or Ill? (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_SNYDER_ARSAD2025.pdf\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matthew Kaplowitz,<\/strong>&nbsp;Wendy Sapp<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Bridge Multimedia). AI powered descriptions for emergency communications (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Kaplowitz_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eveline Ferwerda&nbsp;<\/strong>(Scribit.Pro). Using AI for Audio Description generation (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_FERWERDA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.30-14.30 Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.30-16:15&nbsp;<strong>Panel 2. Technology: research perspectives.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Estel\u00b7la Oncins (UAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brett Oppegaard&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Hawaii at Manoa). A Strange New World. Behind the Scenes of Designing Novel Gen-AI Approaches to Audio Description (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_A-Strange-New-World_Oppegaard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marina Ramos,&nbsp;<\/strong>Purificaci\u00f3n Meseguer<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Universidad de Murcia). Emotions offstage: diversity and violence described&nbsp;by&nbsp;AI (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/RamosMeseguer_ARSAD_2025_EmotionsOffstage_copyright.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicole L\u00fcthi,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Alexa Lintner, Lukas Fischer,&nbsp;<strong>Martin Kappus<\/strong>, Sarah Ebling<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Zurich University of Applied Sciences). An exploratory analysis of LLM-based machine-translated audio description scripts in the French-German language pair (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Luthi-et-al_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blanca Serrano Alcaraz,&nbsp;<\/strong>Ana Mar\u00eda Rojo L\u00f3pez, Marina Ramos, Konrad Rudnicki (Universidad de Murcia). Exploring the Impact of AI Voices in Erotic Film Audio Description: A Gender-Based Study. (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_Serrano_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xiaochun Zhang,&nbsp;<\/strong>Ben Ackland, Thomas Keane (University College London). Making Video Games Accessible for the Visually Impaired with Dynamic AI Audio Description (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/5_ARSAD2025_Zhang-and-MM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16.15-16.45 Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16.45-18.15&nbsp;<strong>MOSAIC project workshop<\/strong>&nbsp;(organised by Pilar Orero). AI meets Audio description. Exploring opportunities and risks. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/ARSAD-workshop.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19.00&nbsp;<strong>Social event for panel speakers<\/strong>&nbsp;organised by Bridge Multimedia (event by invitation only, details to follow to panel speakers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>DAY 2. Thursday 20 March 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>08.45-09.00&nbsp;<strong>Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.00-10.45&nbsp;<strong>Panel 3. AD processes: looking into the future.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Marina Ramos (Universidad de Murcia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Olga Davis,&nbsp;<\/strong>Dimitris Asimakoulas, Sabine Braun (Surrey University). Modular Audio Description: A Novel Approach to AD Creation and Delivery (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Davis_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mariana J. L\u00f3pez,&nbsp;<\/strong>Gavin Kearney<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of York). Enhanced Audio Description (EAD): Making Documentaries Accessible Through Sound Design (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Lopez_Mariana_ARSAD_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marie Campbell&nbsp;<\/strong>(Red Bee Media). Storytelling: AD in the Past, Present and Future (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Storytelling-In-AD-CAMPBELL-WITHOUT-CLIP-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tamara Dom\u00ednguez Ebitsch&nbsp;<\/strong>(Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz). Audio Description Quality Standards, 20 years on: Insights from expert interviews with German-speaking B\/VIP users (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_Dominguez-Ebitsch_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elena SV Flys,&nbsp;<\/strong>Antonio Villalba (TAI University Center for the Arts).&nbsp;Live Audio Description During a Film Shooting (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/5_Flys_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:45-11:15&nbsp;<strong>AD pitches I&nbsp;<\/strong>(5 minutes each) Chair: Anna Matamala (UAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sarah Barron<\/strong>, Janice Rieger<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Griffith University). Co-designing artwork audio description in Australia. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Barron_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ana-Julia Perrotti-Garcia&nbsp;<\/strong>(Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais). Audio description of one of the world\u2019s largest street parades: translating Brazilian carnival into words. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Perrotti_Garcia_Carnaval.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vanessa Gumier&nbsp;<\/strong>(Universitat Jaume I). The voice of the Valencian&nbsp;<em>ninots<\/em>: A reflection on neutrality. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Gumier-Garcia_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jos\u00e9-Luis Castillo-Flores&nbsp;<\/strong>(Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria). Testing Clipchamp as an Automated Text-to-Speech Recognition Software for Audio Description Research. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_ARSAD2025_Castillo-Flores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zi Ye&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Bristol). Exploring the audio description of humour: A multimodal corpus study in the Chinese context. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/5_Zi-Ye_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11:15-11:45 Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:45-13:15&nbsp;<strong>Panel 4. Audio description research.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Iwona Mazur (Adam Mickiewicz University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Roger Johansson,&nbsp;<\/strong>Maja Rudling, Johan Martesson, Jana Holsanova (Lund University). Mind the Boundaries: Neurocognitive and AI-Driven Insights into Event Perception in Audio-Described Films (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Johansson_ARSAD_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jessica Beale<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Westminster). Findings from a linguistic experiment suggest that multisensory language in audio description helps listeners to generate more vivid mental imagery (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Beale_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Harun Dalli,&nbsp;<\/strong>Anna Jankowska, Iris Schrijver (University of Antwerp). Audio Description Expertise and Quality: Unraveling A Conceptual Yardstick (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/DALLI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inma Pedregosa<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Westminster). Audio Descriptive Commentary in Football (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_Pedregosa_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alejandro Romero<\/strong>&nbsp;(Universitat Jaume I). The Heartbeat of Creativity in Audio Description: A Pilot Heart Rate Study on Multimodal Objectivity and Subjectivity (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/Romero-Munoz_Alejandro-ARSAD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:15-14:15 Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.15-16.00&nbsp;<strong>Panel 5. An accessibility trip around the globe.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Marta Brescia (UAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Blanca Arias-Badia&nbsp;<\/strong>(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>Katixa Agirre-Miguelez (University of the Basque Country), Ant\u00eda Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez-G\u00f3mez (University of Santiago de Compostela), Naiara Larrakoetxea-Salgado (Basque Federation of Associations of Deaf People and Spanish Confederation of Deaf People), Marijo Deogracias-Horrillo (University of the Basque Country), Josu Amezaga-Albizu (University of the Basque Country). Audio description on streaming platforms: A snapshot of the present language offer (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_ARSAD2025-ARIAS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marta \u017baczkiewicz,&nbsp;<\/strong>Anna Jankowska (University of Anwerp). Assessing the Accessibility of Multimedia Content in Polish and EU public Institutions (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Zaczkiewicz_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marzieh Izadi<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Anwerp). A study on the availability and reception of audio description in Iran (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Marzieh-Izadi_Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dongxue Han&nbsp;<\/strong>(Shanghai Yier Information Co.),<strong>&nbsp;Yuchen Liu&nbsp;<\/strong>(Shanghai International Studies University). The Commercialization of Audio Description in China: Present and Future Prospects through the Case Study of the Yier Company (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_HanLiu_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Suely Maciel,&nbsp;<\/strong>Guilherme Ferreira de Oliveira, Guilherme Mori Magalhaes (S\u00e3o Paulo State University). Audio Description of Spaces and Landscapes for the \u201cSIGA \u2013 Accessible Guide of the City\u201d App (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/5_Maciel_Oliveira_Magalhaes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Federico Spoletti&nbsp;<\/strong>(SUB-TI),<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Annalisa Sandrelli (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, SUB-TI). INCinema: An Accessible Film Festival (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/6_Spoletti_Sandrelli_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 25 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16.00-18.30&nbsp;<strong>Screening of the film \u201cRadiance\/Hikari\u201d, by Naomi Kawase, with audio description<\/strong>. Social event organized by SUB-TI. All ARSAD attendees are invited and registration is not needed (same room as the conference).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18.30-19.30 Informal cocktail dinner at the venue cloister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>DAY 3. FRIDAY 21<sup>ST<\/sup>&nbsp;MARCH 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>08.45-09.00 Registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>09.00-10.30&nbsp;<strong>Panel 6. Building filmic experiences.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: &nbsp;Sarah McDonagh (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda-Vizca\u00edno&nbsp;<\/strong>(Montclair State University). Crowdsourcing in Audio Description: The Blue Description Project (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Garcia-Vizcaino_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iwona Mazur<\/strong>, Julia Ka\u017amierczak (Adam Mickiewicz University). Experimental Audio description as a Means of Enhancing the Cinematic Experience of Sighted Viewers (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Mazur_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gert Vercauteren<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Antwerp). No Sound but the AD\u2026 How does Audio Description Alter Filmic Narratives? The Case of the Flemish TV Series Nachtwacht (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Vercauteren_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcella Wiffler&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Campinas). Creativity in audio description of the horror genre: a reception research (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_Wiffler-Stefanini_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.30-11.00&nbsp;<strong>AD pitches II&nbsp;<\/strong>(5 minutes each). Chair: Anna Matamala (UAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Catarina Xavier&nbsp;<\/strong>(Universidade de Lisboa), Cl\u00e1udia Martins<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Bragan\u00e7a). Professional vs Trainee Translators and Audio Description: An Exploratory Study on Taboo Images Audio Described into Portuguese. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Xavier_ARSDA2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theodora Psoma&nbsp;<\/strong>(Aristotle Univeristy of Thessaloniki), Theodora Sazo (University of Macedonia), Christina Fragkou (University of Macedonia), Kleoniki Nerantzoglou<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Macedonia). What (more) can we do with words: An interdisciplinary workshop on creating Museum Audio Descriptions with the use of Generative AI. [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Psoma_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jackie Xiu Yan, Su Lin<\/strong>&nbsp;(City University of Hong Kong). Audio Description in the Era of AI: Challenges and Future Development [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_YanLin_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gilherme Mori Magalh\u00e3es,&nbsp;<\/strong>Suely Maciel (University of S\u00e3o Paulo). Characters, Scenarios and Objects Audio Description in Games: a study with Mortal Kombat 1 [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_magalhaes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11.00-11.30 Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.30-12.35<strong>&nbsp;Panel 7. Museum and art audio description.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Blanca Arias (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Martina Maggi<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Turin, University of Genoa). Accessibility for All in Museums: Applying Technology to Audio Description (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Maggi_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Isabel Rivas Ginel&nbsp;<\/strong>(Dublin City University),<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Martin Kappus (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), Alexa Lintner (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), Joss Morkens (Dublin City University), Will Noonan (Universit\u00e9 de Bourgogne), Luc\u00eda Pintado-Guti\u00e9rrez (Dublin City University). A multilingual exploratory study of generative AI usage for museum audio description (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Rivas-Ginel_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weronika Magdalena Kostyra&nbsp;<\/strong>(University of Warsaw). Large Language Models as a Potential Source for Automatic Audio Description of Art in Polish. The Case of the Be My AI Tool powered by GPT-4 and GPT-4\u00ba (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Kostyra_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:35-13:15&nbsp;<strong>Panel 8. Dance AD.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Karen Seeley (The University of Adelaide).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Luj\u00e1n,&nbsp;<\/strong>Marina Ramos Caro, Ana Mar\u00eda Rojo L\u00f3pez (Universidad de Murcia). Hearing Dance: Poetic or Neutral AD? (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Lujan-Ramos-Rojo_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<br><strong>Arianna Carloni,&nbsp;<\/strong>Sabine Braun, Dimitris Asimakoulas (University of Surrey). Watching and Listening to Dance (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Carloni_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 10 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.15-13.45&nbsp;<strong>Panel 9. Describing diversity.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Marie Campbell (Red Bee Media).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bernd Benecke&nbsp;<\/strong>(BR Munich). What can I say? Describing physical aspects of people in times of inclusion and diversity (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_BeneckeARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amanda Hiu Tung Chow,&nbsp;<\/strong>Jackie Xiu Yan (City University of Hong Kong). Avoiding Sexism, Racism, and Ableism in the Cantonese Audio Description of Still Human (\u6dea\u843d\u4eba) (10\u2019) [please contact the corresponding author to access the pdf:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amandchow2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk\">amandchow2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.45-14.45 Lunch break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.45-16:00&nbsp;<strong>Panel 10. Training and certification.&nbsp;<\/strong>Chair: Brett Oppegaard (University of Hawai\u2019i at Manoa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Karen Seeley&nbsp;<\/strong>(The University of Adelaide). AD in Australia: describer accreditation (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Seeley_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Floriane Bardini,<\/strong>&nbsp;Eva Espasa (Universitat de Vic). Audio description: a transversal training tool for minoritized language education (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/BARDINI-ESPASA_ARSAD25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caroline Martin<\/strong>, Santiago Hidalgo (Montreal University). Film students and audio description: results of a francophone inclusive media training pilot project in Qu\u00e9bec, Canada (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/3_Martin-Hidalgo_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Jankowska,&nbsp;<\/strong>Nina Reviers, Gert Vercauteren (University of Antwerp). \u2018Accessibility is Like Air \u2013 Everyone Needs it to Stay Alive\u2019 \u2013 The Impact of Accessibility Training on Awareness Levels (10\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/4_Jankowska_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: &nbsp;25 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16.00-16:45&nbsp;<strong>Panel 11. Cognitive accessibility and AD<\/strong>. Chair: Gert Vercauteren (University of Antwerp)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Francesca Carpenedo,&nbsp;<\/strong>Federico Spoletti (SUB-TI). Accessible Screenings for the Elderly: Enhancing Cognitive Stimulation and Social Well-being through the FAIR Project (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/1_Carpenedo_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maria Andreea Deleanu,&nbsp;<\/strong>Constantin Orasan, Sabine Braun (University of Surrey). Repurposing Audio Description, Audio Narrative and integrated subtitles: trialling \u2018Accessible Cues\u2019 with cognitively diverse audiences in the UK (15\u2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2025\/03\/2_Deleanu_ARSAD2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion: 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16.45-17.00&nbsp;<strong>Final remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check the programme of previous editions under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/arsad\/past-seminars\/\">Past Seminars<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ARSAD (Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description) community met\u00a0on 19, 20 and 21 March 2025\u00a0in Barcelona and celebrated its 10thanniversary. You can access information about: PROGRAMME DAY 1. 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