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This invite below has come rather late, however, You can join in the webcast on the URL: http://www.24framesdigital.com/cis/webcast/avma/ Message copied below. Harish Kotian Quoting: Dear Friends, Apologies for reaching out to all of you on a different matter. I have changed the subject of the mail to reflect this. We are organising a broadcast media accessibility tutorial along with ITU and ITU-APT foundation. There are a few seats left for participation. Could I request you to fwd this mail to your contacts in the broadcast industry with a note highlighting its importance. ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility http://cis-india.org/accessibility/itu-tutorial-delhi Thanks in advance, Sunil ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility At the invitation of CIS, in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India, ITU is organising a two-day Tutorial on Audio Visual Media Accessibility from March 14 to 15, 2012 at the India International Centre, New Delhi, India. The Tutorial will be preceded by the fourth meeting of the Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) on March 13, 2012. This meeting will take place at the same venue and will also be hosted by CIS, in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India. When Mar 14, 2012 08:00 AM to Mar 15, 2012 05:30 PM Where India International Centre, New Delhi Add event to calendar vCal <http://cis-india.org/accessibility/itu-tutorial-delhi/vcs_view> iCal <http://cis-india.org/accessibility/itu-tutorial-delhi/ics_view> Cross-posted from the International Telecommunication Union website <http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/workshops-and-seminars/accessibility/201203/Pages/default.aspx> . Register online for the event here <http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-T/studygroup/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=3000348> . Background Several tools will be used in the two-day tutorial, namely ITU publications relating to the field. To name two amongst the most recent ones, Accessibility to Broadcasting Services for Persons with Disabilities and Making Television Accessible" Report, G3ict-ITU, November 2011. Objectives The programme of the ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility will provide an in-depth insight of topics and measures to improve the accessibility of AV media: Captioning (pre-prepared and live), Audio/Video Description and spoken captions, visual signing and sign language, emergency access services. These topics will reference examples from digital broadcast television and mobile telephony media. Participants will gain a better understanding of: 1. How to Get started - strategies for establishing and expanding new accessibility services (how it can be done, what it costs, what business models exist to ensure the viability of accessibility services); 2. How standards can help developing countries plan and implement the transition from analogue to digital TV (what issues need to be addressed to optimize the Digital Dividend; making sure that various groups of vulnerable viewers are not disenfranchised by the digital switchover); 3. Human resource development for improved usability and accessibility (closely tied to work being done by the Audiovisual Media Accessibility Focus Group's Working Parties). Audience Regulators and legislators working on measures to improve digital media's compliance with international accessibility conventions and directives; Accessibility service advocates from organizations representing persons with disabilities; Media executives from public service and commercial TV channels seeking compliance with media accessibility regulation; Pay-TV operators; Consumer electronics manufacturers; Consumer electronics wholesalers and retailers examining the business implications of demographic changes and media regulation. Tutors The tutors are leading experts in the field from industry and either participated in the writing of the handbook or contribute to the work of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility. Draft Programme FG AVA Tutorial Programme - 14-15 March 2012 Day 1 - Wednesday 14 March 2012 Morning Introduction to the seminar (Tutor: Mr Peter Olaf Looms) LO1. Introduction to media and accessibility and LO5. Legislation, regulation and standards * The Big Picture: Value chains and their stakeholders for the main areas of media accessibility (current and future ways of delivering digital content to their users) * The legal and regulatory framework of accessible media LO2. The rationale of accessible television * What kinds of users have difficulties benefiting from using media? * What is the nature of their difficulties? * How many people are affected? * What impact does literacy have on accessibility? * What are the issues facing accessibility in multilingual societies? * Using the University of Cambridge exclusion calculator for rough estimates Afternoon What do we mean by "Television" when talking about accessibility? * Public safety announcements (e.g. in connection with earthquakes, tsunamis and health hazards) * The programmes themselves * How many people are affected? * Access services (including subtitling, audio description, visual signing, audio subtitles and speaking interfaces) * Making consumer electronics more "intelligent" and assistive Day 2 - Thursday 15 March 2012 Morning LO3. Access services - the options (subtitling, audio description, visual signing, audio subtitles and speaking interfaces) (Tutors: Dr Pilar Orero & Dr Takebumi Itagaki) Participants will get the chance to see & discuss examples showing: * Different reading modes for subtitling by respeaking * A Bollywood film with audio description * Bilingual subtitling * Audio subtitling * Audio subtitling prepared by text to speech synthesis * Clean audio There will be an introduction to * Workflows for producing and delivering access services * Bandwidth requirements * Costs (capital and operational) LO4. Accessibility and business models and LO5 * What is a business model? * Business models for television receivers * Business models for television access services * Legislation, regulation and standards. Afternoon LO6. Putting it all together - group activities to apply what we have discussed * Edward de Bono's 6 thinking hats (structured discussions) * Planning Poker (breaking down the requirements and estimating who is going to do what to implement the strategy) Conclusions Learning Resources * "Making Television Accessible <http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/Documents/Making_TV_Accessible-E-BAT.pdf> " joint ITU and G3ict Report (in English). * Accessibility to Broadcasting Services for Persons with Disabilities ITU-R Report <http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/Documents/Making_TV_Accessible-E-BAT.pdf> * Podcasts (integrated slides and audio) in English from the Danish Technical University and the IT University of Copenhagen on Agile Project Management and on Accessible Media issues. * Case work (handouts) on USB sticks. Learning Activities * Lectures * Pair Work * Case work in groups See the agenda on ITU website <http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/accessibility/201203/Pages/draft-programme.aspx> Related Information Documentation and Registration General Information * Host: Centre for Internet and Society, New Delhi, India in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India * Organized by: ITU <http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/> * Date: 14-15 March 2012 * Venue: India International Centre, Seminar hall no. 1, 2 and 3 main building #40, Lodi Road, Max Mueller Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001. 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