Signing provision in Connected TV: HBB4ALL project

3 Sep 2015, 14:43PublicationsCarlos Alberto Martín, IEEE International Symposium, Sign Language, UAB, UPMhbb4all

Pilar Orero (UAB), HBB4ALL project coordinator, presented the HBB4ALL project progress at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2015. The paper presentation was co-writing by other project members from UPM: Carlos Alberto Martín, José Manuel Menéndez and Guillermo Cisneros. The article entitled “Signing provision in Connected TV: HBB4ALL project” clarifies more… Continue Reading Signing provision in Connected TV: HBB4ALL project

IRT cooperatively shows subtitling features of HbbTV 2.0

31 Aug 2015, 16:06PublicationsEBU, HBB4ALL Subtitling, HBBTV 2.0, IRT, RBB, Sumsunghbb4all

In close cooperation with rbb and TV manufacturer Samsung and in the scope of HBB4ALL, IRT presents first HbbTV2.0 showcases at the IFA 2015 in Berlin and at the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam. A prototype service has been developed that combines live IP-streaming using MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) and subtitles… Continue Reading IRT cooperatively shows subtitling features of HbbTV 2.0

Accessible TV in Converged ICT Ecosystem, June 2015

16 Jun 2015, 11:16PublicationsHbb4all, ITU, Roma TRE University, UABhbb4all

The meeting “Accessible TV in Converged ICT Ecosystem: Emerging trends, challenges, opportunities” was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and the Roma Tre University. It took place in Rome (Italy) on 11 June 2015. This working group was held within the framework of the ITU Regional Initiative for… Continue Reading Accessible TV in Converged ICT Ecosystem, June 2015

HBB4ALL at CHOICE Workshop in China

12 May 2015, 14:32PublicationsCHOICE, Gion Linder, SWISS TXT, Workshop China 2015hbb4all

Gion Linder, from Swixx TXT, presented the HBB4ALL project at CHOICE Workshop held in China by March 2015. The event was organised around the field of the “Immersive and Interactive Media“, to explore and to discuss the scope of China-EU cooperation. The CHOICE is an ICT R&D project between the European Commission and China… Continue Reading HBB4ALL at CHOICE Workshop in China

The Quality of Media Accessibility Services on HbbTV

5 May 2015, 10:48PublicationsHbbtv, Media Accessibility, NERstar, SWISS TXT, VerbaVoicehbb4all

“New Approaches to Improving the Quality of Media Accessibility Services on HbbTV” by NERstar research group. HBB4ALL project will participate to the Media Synchronization Workshop (MediaSync2015), held in June 3th 2015, in Brussels (Belgium). This workshop will bring together many relevant researchers and an active community around the topic of media synchronization. The objective… Continue Reading The Quality of Media Accessibility Services on HbbTV

Spanish Working Group for Sign Language in TV

16 Apr 2015, 12:00Publicationshbb4all

El Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad, with the Centre for Linguistic Standardization of Spanish sign language, have established a working group “to create a quality standard for the integration of Spanish sign language in television“. The objectives of the Working Group, which held its first meeting 14th April 2015, include the development of “standards that define the… Continue Reading Spanish Working Group for Sign Language in TV

HBB4ALL co-organiser of ARSAD 2015

25 Mar 2015, 14:24PublicationsARSAD 2015, TRANSMEDIAhbb4all

HBB4ALL co-organiser of ARSAD 2015 The European project HBB4ALL and The TransMedia Catalonia Research Group (Department of Translation and Interpreting/CAIAC, UAB) have organized the 5th Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description (ARSAD), held in Barcelona on 19th – 20th (morning) March 2015. This international seminar aims to bring together practitioners and researchers in order to advance… Continue Reading HBB4ALL co-organiser of ARSAD 2015

Szarkowska, A., & Laskowska, M. (2015). Poland – a voice-over country no more?

23 Mar 2015, 14:41PublicationsA. Szarkowska, HBB4ALL study, HBB4ALL Subtitling, M. Laskowskahbb4all

Agnieszka Szarkowska and Monika Laskowska, from The Institute of Applied Linguistics (ILS), University of Warsaw (Poland). Article: Poland – a voice-over country no more? A report on an online survey on subtitling preferences among Polish hearing and hearing-impaired viewers. Extract: “A report on an online survey on subtitling preferences among Polish hearing and hearing-impaired viewers”[…]discuss audience reflections… Continue Reading Szarkowska, A., & Laskowska, M. (2015). Poland – a voice-over country no more?

HBB4ALL Workshop 2015

19 Mar 2015, 14:51PublicationsEC, ITU, UAB, Workshop 2015hbb4all

Regional workshop organized by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and The European Commission (EC). Please find all publicly available presentations below. HBB4ALL Workshop 2015: Smart Accessibility on Connected TV, Residencia d’Investigadors, Barcelona, Spain 18th March 2015 — Programme 08:30 – 09:00 – Registration 09:00 – 09:45 – Welcome… Continue Reading HBB4ALL Workshop 2015

HBB4ALL and HBBTV 2.0

13 Mar 2015, 10:12PublicationsConsortium, Hbb4all, HBBTV 2.0hbb4all

Possibilities and chances for HBB4ALL innovative applications based on HBBTV 2.0 The HBB4ALL consortium strongly supports HbbTV as the main target platform for the HBB4ALL project beside PC based and mobile implementations for some of the targeted services. Within all pilots HbbTV 1.0 or 1.5 based versions of accessibility services are foreseen to be implemented… Continue Reading HBB4ALL and HBBTV 2.0

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