Programme – UNDERSTANDING MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY QUALITY

The provisional programme of the UMAQ Conference, updated on 24/05/2018 is available from this link.

The book of abstracts is available from this link.

4^th JUNE 2018
08:00 – 08:50	Registration
08:50 – 09:00	Welcome address by Pilar Orero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
09:00 – 10:45	Session 1
	Chair: Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University, Australia). Nathalie Mälzer and Maria Wünsche (Universität Hildesheim, Germany): Quality of subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing children on German television: An EFRD research project. 15’ Olivia Gerber-Morón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) and Agnieszka Szarkowska (University College London, UK): Are faster subtitle reading speeds changing the nature of subtitling? 15’ Emília Perez and Simona Klimková (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia): Anticipating viewers’ needs: the decision-making process in SDH creation. 15’ Nazaret Fresno (The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, USA): Media Accessibility Quality in Televised Programs Re-shown on the Internet. The Case of the News in the US. 15’ Minako O’Hagan (University of Auckland, New Zealand): Captions on Holodeck: Exploring Quality Implications of Augmented Reality to Improve Learner Experience in University Settings for Hard-of-Hearing and International Students. 15’ Discussion: 30 minutes.
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 – 13:00	Session 2
	Chair: Anna Matamala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain). Ben Shirley and Lauren Ward (University of Salford, UK): Intelligibility vs. Comprehension: Understanding Quality of Accessible Next-generation Audio Broadcast. 15’ Marina Ramos Caro and Ana Mª Rojo López (University of Murcia, Spain): Do more creative professionals audio describe better than less creative ones? 15’ Anna Jankowska (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain – Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland): How AD translation can lead us to quality? 15’ Louise Fryer (Utopian Voices Ltd. and University College London, UK): Quality in AD: Why Audio Describers Need a Model of Visual Perception. 15’ Gonzalo Iturregui-Gallardo, Anna Serrano Ratera, Jorge-Luis Méndez-Ulrich, Olga Soler-Vilageliu (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), and Anna Jankowska (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain – Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland): Testing the filmic experience: audio subtitling and psychophysiology. 15’ Discussion: 30 minutes.
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch break – Sandwiches will be offered to participants
14:00 – 15:00	KEYNOTE SPEECH
	Chair: Gian Maria Greco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain). Aljoscha Burchardt (DFKI GmbH, Germany): A New Deal for Translation Quality. 40’ Discussion: 20 minutes.
15:00 – 16:00	Session 3
	Chair: Pilar Orero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain). Catalina Jiménez and M Olalla Luque (University of Granada, Spain): Leisure and culture accessibility and the OPERA-Project. 15’ Mercedes Martínez Lorenzo (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Quantity and quality of media accessibility in Galicia. 15’ Marie Junge Ernst (DR, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark): Two takes on quality work from Danish Broadcasting Corporation. 10’ Discussion: 20 minutes.
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:15	Session 4
	Chair: Pablo Romero Fresco (Universidade de Vigo, Spain) Chris Christelis (Technology Strategies International Inc., Canada), Pilar Orero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), and Pablo Romero Fresco (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Understanding User Responses to Live Closed Captioning in Canada. 15’ Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University, Australia), Stephen Doherty (University of New South Wales, Australia), and Leidy Castro-Meneses (Macquarie University, Australia): Validating online measurements of cognitive load during the processing of educational video in a second language. 15’ Stephen Doherty (The University of New South Wales, Australia): Quality in machine-generated subtitles and captions: Psycholinguistic, technological, and practical factors. 15’ Ke Hu, Sharon O’Brien, Dorothy Kenny (Dublin City University, Ireland): Machine Translation for Subtitling – a way to improve access to MOOCs. 15’ Alexandra Hecker (University of Hildesheim, Germany): Measuring quality: chances and challenges – About the approach of developing a model to evaluate the quality of German film subtitles. 15’ Discussion: 30 minutes
18:15 – 18:30	Conclusions of the day


5^th JUNE 2018
09:00 – 10:20	Session 5
	Chair: Anna Jankowska (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain). Kate Dangerfield (University of Roehampton, UK): The value of difference in Media Accessibility Quality. 15’ Joshua Branson (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Bridging the Maker-User Gap: the Case of the Italian Short Film Acquario. 15’ Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University, Australia): Inclusive media design for education: Riding the wave or swimming against the tide? 15’ Gian Maria Greco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain): A First Look at Quality in Media Accessibility. 15’ Discussion: 20 minutes
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee break
10:50 – 12:50	Session 6
	Chair: Stephen Doherty (University of New South Wales, Australia) Jan Pedersen (Stockholm University, Sweden): The FAR model: assessing the quality of interlingual subtitles. 15’ Pablo Romero Fresco (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Negotiating Quality in Accessibility: The Case of Live Subtitling. 15’ Hayley Dawson (University of Roehampton, UK): Feasibility and quality of interlingual live subtitles: a pilot study. 15’ Annalisa Sandrelli (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma- UNINT, Italy), Elena Davitti (University of Surrey, UK), Pablo Romero Fresco (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Interlingual respeaking: an experimental study comparing the performance of different subject groups. 15’ Łukasz Stanisław Dutka (University of Warsaw, Poland) and Monika Szczygielska (Dostepni.eu, Widzialni Foundation, Poland): Reality check: the real SDH reading speeds in Poland, Spain and the UK. 15’ Tanja Jacobs (Universidade de Vigo, Spain): Sign language interpreting on TV: A strategic approach to improving accessibility for Deaf viewers. 15’ Discussion: 30 minutes
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch break – Sandwiches will be offered to participants
14:00- 15:30	ROUNDTABLE Quality in Media Accessibility: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives.
	Chair: David Wood (Co-Chair IRG Audiovisual Media Accessibility, International Telecommunication Union, United Nations). Louise Fryer (Utopian Voices Ltd. and University College London, UK). Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University, Australia). Gion Linder (Chairman of the Access Services Experts Group, European Broadcasting Union). Alejandro Moledo (New Technologies and Innovation Officer, European Disability Forum). Pablo Romero Fresco (University of Vigo, Spain, and University of Roehampton, UK). Discussion: 20 minutes
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:20	Session 7
	Chair: Louise Fryer (Utopian Voices Ltd. and University College London, UK). Sofía Sánchez Mompeán (Universidad de Murcia, Spain): Towards a Quality Model for Paralanguage in Dubbed and Audiodescribed Dialogue. 15’ David Vialard (Texas Tech University, USA): Hearing Images: Defining Rhetorical Quality in Audio Description \| Part 1. 15’ Joel Snyder (Audio Description Project, American Council of the Blind – Audio Description Associates LLC, USA): “Are you a CAD (Certified Audio Describer)?” 15’ Şirin Okyayuz (Bilkent University, Turkey) and Engin Yılmaz (GETEM & SEBEDER, Turkey): Audio description in Turkey: A Look at Quality Norms and Assessment. 15’ Discussion: 20 minutes
17:20 – 17:35	Closing Remarks by Gian Maria Greco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)