Making accessibility more accessible.

Monika SZCZYGIELSKA, Łukasz DUTKA

Accessibility +CASE STUDY FROM POLAND Inauguration of a new government programme

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23 billion PLNapprox. 5.3 billion EUR invested in accessibility over 7 years

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Online streaming with sign language interpreting, live subtitling, audio description 6

Sign language interpreting from English Sign language interpreting from Polish One team of interpreters in the venue, another team in online streaming

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Interlingual respeaking (English-Polish)Intralingual respeaking (Polish-Polish)live transcription displayed in the venuelive subtitles in online streaming

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One booth with respeakers, another with audio describersAudio description for users in the venue and for online streaming

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COST OF PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY

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6,000 EUR

PEOPLE INVOLVED

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1 person - 8 induction loops & FM systems6 sign interpreters3 respeakers/live subtitlers3 audio describers4 people - online streaming (3 cameras)

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Access team

Demand for ACCESSIBILITY is unlimited

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Funding for ACCESSIBILITY is limited

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ACCESSIBILITY is expensive

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Problem 1

ACCESSIBILITY requires specialist knowledge

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Problem 2

PEOPLE INVOLVED

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ACCESSIBILITY is niche

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Problem 3

Main questions1. cheaper? 2. easier?3. smarter?4. reach

a bigger audience?

5. more accessible?

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---How to make it...

Economicalbut in a reasonableand responsible way

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Idea 1 | Live subtitles

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● Cloud Speech-to-Text - Google SR is a good tool for small NGO meetings

● Web Captioner - a web-based SR tool for low-budget conferences, NGO workshop

● BUT… not for official meetings and professional events

Cheap solutions can be very expensive

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Idea 2 | Say no to unnecessary or pretended accessibility

Lunch menu printed in Braille or large print?

→ universal design - online version for everyone

Live audiodescription during a conference? Describing talking heads or the background of the presention?

Analyze the needs of the audience. For instance, asking about them through the registration form.

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Idea 3 | Increase audience reach

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Online streaming can increase audience reach by 10 or more times at a fraction of a cost

> x 5but you need to publicise it in advance

Idea 4 | Re-use for all distribution channels

Sign langugage interpreting - both for the venue and online streaming

under certain conditions

requires planning in advance

Live subtitling - displayed in the venue and re-used for online streaming

When the recording is published online or archived,

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For multilingual events that require interpreting, providing content accessibility, including live subtitling, is more cost-effective than providing just interpreting.

For large multilingual events (>100 participants) it can actually be cheaper.

It’s due to interpreting equipment costs and depends on whether you have equipment or need to rent it.

Idea 5 | Live interlingual subtitling can be a cost-effective substitute for interpreting

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Idea 6 | Find/train access specialists with more universal competences

sign language interpreter that can interpret from/into Polish and a foreign language (for instance, English) or a foreign sign language

interlingual respeakers that can interpret from a foreign language

live linterlingual subtitlers that act both as interpreters, respeakers, correctors and technicians

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accessibility needs to become easierand smarter...

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What the industry needs to become smarter?

● new technologies and new workflows● training accessibility managers● norms and technical protocols

(ILSA project for live interlingual subtitling)

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● finds out and analyzes the needs of the audience ● understands all access services and knows how to seamlessly combine

them when organizing the event● educates all the involved parties on what is necessary for access

provision to be successful and why● makes sures all the content stays accessible

when streamed online, re-distributed or archived

Our dream accessible manager

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● makes sure the event and the access services have accessible promotion and information in advance

● makes sure there’s accessibile information throughout the event on what services are available and how to use them ○ for instance, remind the speakers to talk to the microphone (for

subtitling) or tell the audience where they can get headphones for adio description

● accommodate individual needs whenever possible

Our dream accessible manager

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...but even once this dream is fullfilled...

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23 billion PLNapprox. 5.3 billion EUR invested in accessibility over 7 years

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...not only accessiblebut also sustainable...

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accessibility to be sustainable,needs to become a part of our DNA

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Making accessibility more accessible.

Monika SZCZYGIELSKA, Łukasz DUTKA