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Hi, I’m Anna Matamala, from TransMedia Catalonia group
at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
I’m talking from my home, where I am teleworking.
Today I’ve changed my homewear for a black shirt,
earrings and necklace,
and we’ve found a white wall
so that this home video seems somehow professional.
The presenter is a researcher in her late forties,
round-faced and with glasses,
ready to share a project with you.
I going to speak about ALMA, a network about accessibility
in minority languages in audiovisual media.
This network is led by Josu Amezaga, from the University of the Basque Country,
and there are Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Valencian researchers
from groups such as NOR and TRALIMA,
at the University of the Basque Country,
Immersive Interactive Media
from the Polytechnic University of Valencia,
GALMA from the University of Vigo,
GEA from the University of Santiago,
HIPIS from the University of València
and our group, TransMedia Catalonia.
In this network
we share information about media accessibility
in languages such as Catalan, Basque and Galician.
We understand accessibility as global:
we need accessible content if we don’t understand the language
but also when we can't access the audio or video.
The network has researchers with different profiles:
translators, engineers, linguists,
willing to collaborate, disseminate research
and investigate how access services are offered
in Spain's various languages.
Another action is the dissemination our research
through MAP, the Media Accessibility Platform.
The network started this year.
We held a seminar at UAB, where we shared our investigations.
In the coming three years we aim to organise five more seminars
and have new projects and collaborations develop from these interactions.