Access to information and communication is a right that has become evident in recent months with the pandemic and global crisis of the coronavirus, a situation in which it is essential to be informed and to know first-hand and in real time the information that They are repeated and they can affect our personal and work life and our health. That is why this project influenced access to that information and communication on equal terms for all of society. And this often does not happen with certain groups such as deaf and hearing-impaired people. Promoting spaces for communication and access to information in real time in their natural language, the sign language, was the objective of this project. In addition, thanks to this project deaf people are the protagonists of translating information live, so there is space for employability and development for them. We covered our general objectives of the project: a) To support to the access to information and communication for the group of deaf and hearing-impaired people. b) Implement the figure of the deaf translator in the media. Our specific objectives of the project were: - Analyse the needs and expectations of deaf people to the information and in the media. - Establish the state of the art in the different states of the EU on access to information and the media. - Analyse the media and social networks in the member states. - Identify good practices on issues related to access to information and the media. - Promote the figure of the deaf translator for live television programs - Training deaf people in skills that enable them to become deaf translators in the media. - Carry out transnational meetings with training sessions for the new figure of the deaf translator. - Spread good practices and the state of the art through social networks, a web platform, with resources and initiatives for everyone. There were also different innovations in the project: - Information and communication needs of deaf people: fighting against the fake news and the need of information for deaf people from deaf people; with a best understanding of the needs and points of view. - Additional training for deaf and hard of hearing people: Red Bee is one (and we can say the only one) with capacity to provide special training for deaf people to be interpreter of official. FUITEC and APDI is one of the more important providers of E-learning in South Europe and the 3 Federations are 3 of the more innovative European Deaf Associations in Europe, including in training activities. - Accessibility for deaf people: only United Kingdom has a strong and consolidate system of deaf interpreter of news and official speech for deaf people and hard of hearing people.; Lithuania, Croatia and Spain want to create similar system and try to extend it for all European countries. Target groups reached: - Society in general. - Deaf people, people with hearing disabilities. With these target groups CNSE started to work in one project for Deaf people and accessibility to information and new possibilities of job. After more of 50 years working, CNSE is one of the more important national deaf associations in Europe, with connections in all the related statements with deaf community in Spain, Europe and the world. That way they invited the partners looking for their connection, confidence and experience with them: - LKD Lithuania and HSGN Croatia: as two of the more active and innovative Deaf associations; also, with similar profile; small countries with special needs of capacities and resources. Also, they are countries with local sign language with not enough resources for deaf and interpreters. With one interesting size to develop Pilot programs, CNSE, LKD and HSGN have been working the last years in different European Union of Deaf Activities, European projects and also, they are working in new projects in H2020 and Europe for Citizens. - Red Bee United Kingdom: it is the principal provider of Sign Language Interpreter in United Kingdom and one of the more important of the world. Red Bee Access Services division comprises over 600 expert staff located in 8 hubs around the world and has provided closed captioning, sign language translation and audio description to broadcasters and content owners worldwide for the last 30 years. CNSE has developed with them projects in Spain and Europe. - FUITEC and APDI, Spain: general and fundamental purpose was the development and execution of R + D + i projects and the development. Results: MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR DEAF PEOPLE AND TRAINING ACTIONS FOR DEAF PEOPLE: SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER This product was an analysis of the solutions available for media accessibility in each country from a technical and operational perspective, with special focus on the solution established in the UK by Red Bee Media. It also defined the landscape in terms of sign language training and the availability of suitable candidates in each country. It included a full solution specification, technical diagrams and operational description for the sign language services currently provided by Red Bee Media for live and pre-recorded sign language interpreting and a description of recruitment and training processes. Red Bee uses a unique software, to drive live interpreting with deaf interpreters. The live context means working in the moment and without a script. Result connected with the Training held in London and with the Platform (https://deafmedia2020.eu/) and Moodle (https://erasmusdeafmedia2020.eu/) WEB PLATFORM AND DISSEMINATION OF THE PROJECT The web platform was a useful tool for participants and also for other people. This Web Platform contain the audiovisual material and the recordings of the training sessions, allow professionals and other personnel from different countries to have access to the results and products of the project whose intention is to disseminate and exchange best practices. Therefore, these instruments can be useful for acquiring key skills in learning and training. VIDEO, TRAINING and the helped store high-quality teaching materials that allows to acquire the necessary skills. All results and products uploaded to the project website remain open for full access. Access is free for all users through the Internet without restrictions or payments. Result connected with the Training held in London and with the Platform (https://deafmedia2020.eu/) and Moodle (https://erasmusdeafmedia2020.eu/)
Objectives of the project; General objectives: a) To support to the access to information and communication for the group of deaf and hearing-impaired people. b) Implement the figure of the deaf translator in the media. Specific objectives: - Analyse the needs and expectations of deaf people to the information and in the media. - Establish the state of the art in the different states of the EU on access to information and the media. - Analyse the media and social networks in the member states. - Identify good practices on issues related to access to information and the media. - Promote the figure of the deaf translator for live television programs - Training deaf people in skills that enable them to become deaf translators in the media. - Carry out transnational meetings with training sessions for the new figure of the deaf translator. - Spread good practices and the state of the art through social networks, a web platform, with resources and initiatives for everyone.
Access to information and communication is a right that has become evident in recent months with the pandemic and global crisis of the coronavirus, a situation in which it is essential to be informed and to know first-hand and in real time the information that They are repeated and they can affect our personal and work life and our health. That is why this project wants to influence access to that information and communication on equal terms for all of society. And this often does not happen with certain groups such as deaf and hearing-impaired people. Promoting spaces for communication and access to information in real time in their natural language, the sign language, is the objective of this project. In addition, starring this group since what we want is for deaf people to be the protagonists of translating this information live, so it was a space for employability and development for them.