Programme

08.30-09.00 Registration

09.00-09.15 Welcoming words by Pilar Orero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB).

09.15-10.00 Keynote speaker: Chris Hughes (University of Salford) “Live subtitling: The possibilities that consumers don’t yet realize they want” chaired by Pilar Orero.

10.00-11.00 Panel 1: Live subtitling measuring the quality

Chair: Gion Linder

• “The quality of automatic and human live captions in English – and beyond“. Pablo Romero-Fresco (Universidade de Vigo) and Nazaret Fresno (University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley).
• “Measuring the quality of interlingual live subtitles via respeaking: insights from the SMART project“. Elena Davitti (University of Surrey), Annalisa Sandrelli (UNINT).
• “NERstar“. Juan Martínez Pérez (SWISS TXT).

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-12.30 Panel 2: Automatic subtitling

Chair: Carlo Eugeni

• “Automatic speech recognition in Spain: the Basque and Catalan case“. Ana Tamayo (UPV/EHU) and Irene de Higes Andino (Universitat Jaume I)
• “Automatic Live Subtitling in Spain: The Quality of Bilingual TV Newscasts in Galicia“. Maria Rico-Vázquez (Universidade de Vigo-GALMA).
• “Evaluating an automatic live subtitling translator for Citizen Journalism“. Pilar Orero (UAB).

12.30-14.00 Lunch break

14.00-15.00 Panel 3: Live accessibility new contexts & environments

Chair: Estella Oncins

• “Eye gaze behaviour and comprehension of colour commentary and gameplay captions of live fast-paced sports for Deaf and Hard of Hearing television viewers“. Somang Nam, Maria Karam, Tatyana Kumarasamy, Whitfield Margot, Deborah Fels (Toronto Metropolitan University).
• “Communicating with hearing-impaired, foreign patients, or through physical barriers: ABC Stereo project overview and data gathered so far“. Ottavia Carlino (University of Salento).
• “Subtitling Immersive Journalism Experiences“. Nico Patz (Deustche Welle).
• “The use of blockchain in media accessibility services“. Iris Serrat (Universidad Internacional de Valencia).

15.00-16.00 Panel 4: Live subtitling: New skills & training opportunities

Chair: Pablo Romero-Fresco

• “Reaching MARS: opportunities for formal and informal training“. Carlo Eugeni (University of Leeds).
• “Live editing in interlingual respeaking as a uniquely human skill“. Tomasz Korybski & Elena Davitti (University of Surrey).
• “GreenSCENT at ITACA: Combining XR, Accessibility & Sustainability“. Sarah McDonagh & Marta Brescia-Zapata (UAB).
• “Managing accessibility, inclusion, and diversity in online educational contexts: The IDE@ project“. Estella Oncins (UAB).

16.00-16.45 Concluding remarks