{"id":325,"date":"2021-04-06T17:01:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/transmedia\/gaad-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:59:04","slug":"gaad-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/transmedia\/gaad-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"GAAD 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a><\/u> 2020 at TransMedia Catalonia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/transmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/282\/2018\/05\/tm-gaad_copy.png\" alt=\"tm-gaad_copy.png\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/transmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/282\/2018\/05\/tm-gaad_copy.png 698w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/transmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/282\/2018\/05\/tm-gaad_copy-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/strong> is an event that takes place every year all around the world and aims at raising awareness about <strong>the importance of digital accessibility for a more inclusive society<\/strong>. The 9th Annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day will take place as scheduled on the third Thursday of May, May 21st, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be TransMedia Catalonia&#8217;s third year of participation in this international initiative. To celebrate GAAD in previous years, TransMedia Catalonia opened the doors of its lab to the&nbsp;public to allow them to&nbsp;test a range of assistive technologies. Due to the exceptional circumstances brought about this year by COVID-19, the research group have contributed to GAAD online in the form of&nbsp; accessible videos via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4fD8kbsm9Vk-_Vjx7hOjIA?view_as=subscriber\">TransMedia Catalonia YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;and a series of Twitter polls in which questions regarding accessibility in audiovisual media where directed&nbsp;to the public, the results of which can viewed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransmediaCat\">TransMedia Catalonia Twitter page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European funded projects <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/easit\/\" target=\"_blank\">EASIT<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/impact-access.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMPACT<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.traction-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">TRACTION<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/helios-social.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">HELIOS<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/so-close.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">SO-CLOSE<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ltaproject.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">LTA<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebuildeurope.eu\/en\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">REBUILD<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/easytvproject.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">EasyTV<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imac-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">ImAc<\/a>\u00a0are presented, along with\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/rad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RAD<\/a> state project on audio description and the ALMA research network\u00a0which brings together different research groups working on accessibility.\u00a0Representatives from each project present in these accessible videos with\u00a0integrated audio description and subtitles available in multiple languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020 at TransMedia Catalonia 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. 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