Dear all, I was recommended this CFP as it includes MT topics in the area of media accessibility. Apologies for multiple postings.
best, Lefteris > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Gian Maria Greco <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Subject: **Fwd: CFP: Quality of Media Accessibility Products and > Services (UAIS Journal, Springer)* > *Date: *1. May 2018 at 06:36:49 CEST > *To: *Aljoscha Burchardt <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Reply-To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > *International Journal "Universal Access in the Information Society" > (UAIS) - Springer.* > *http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10209/about* > > *Call for Papers** > **Special Issue on "Quality of Media Accessibility Products and Services"* > http://pagines.uab.cat/umaq/call-papers-uais > > *Guest-editor: Gian Maria Greco, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, > Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.** > * > > *About the UAIS Journal* > The UAIS Journal solicits original research contributions addressing > the accessibility, usability and acceptability of the Information > Society Technologies by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and through any > media and device. Universal access refers to the systematic effort to > proactively apply principles, methods and tools of universal design, > in order to develop Information Society Technologies which are > accessible and usable by all citizens. > The Journal’s unique focus is on theoretical, methodological, and > empirical research, of both a technological and non-technological > nature, that addresses equitable access and active participation of > potentially all citizens in the Information Society. > For further information, please, refer to the “Aims and scope” section > on the Website of the UAIS Journal. > > *Aims and scope of this special issue * > The pervasive reshaping of our society by information and > communication technologies has been providing new opportunities but > also “difficulties […] in accessing multimedia services” (Stephanidis > and Emiliani 1999, p. 23) by end users. Understood as a “set of > theories, practices, services and technologies providing access to > media content for people that cannot, or cannot properly, access that > content in its original form” (Greco 2016, p. 11), Media Accessibility > (MA) is consequently becoming increasingly central in providing > universal access in the information society. > MA services and products are now well-established topics within a > variety of contexts, including smart cities, museum education, live > events, tourism, childhood education, second-language acquisition, > filmmaking, and new media. While for a long time its main concern was > providing access to persons with disabilities; in recent years MA has > broadened its scope: it initially sought to include other groups at > risk of cultural and social exclusion such as the elderly, children, > and language minorities, then expanded even further to encompass the > human rights of all. This has made MA a pivotal instrument for > addressing the most pressing concerns of many international bodies as > well as a driving area within the field of Accessibility Studies > (Greco 2016; 2018). > The key aim of research on universal access is “to prevent the > exclusion of users from the information society while at the same time > increasing the quality and usability of products and services” > (Stephanidis 2009, p. 1). For a long time now, policies and research > involving MA have been mainly concerned with quantity; e.g. > development of solutions for mainstreaming accessibility as well as > the implementation of regulations that set quotas or impose the > widespread adoption of MA services. Now that in various countries > regulations are being implemented and quotas are being met, attention > is shifting over to quality. This holds true for both policies and > research. Taking a closer look at the landscape of Media Accessibility > Quality (MAQ), the resulting picture conveys both a lively yet > scattered scene. Lively, precisely because policy-makers, industry and > researchers have increasingly started to focus on quality (see e.g. > Burchardt et al. 2016; Castro Botega et al. 2017; Cristóbal-Fransi et > al. 2017; Ismailova and Inal 2017; Orehovački and Babić 2017; Pedersen > 2017; Romero-Fresco and Martínez 2015; Romero-Fresco and Pöchhacker > 2017). At the same time, it is scattered, because attention has been > spread out over a very diverse range of issues while lacking a unified > venue for the discussion of quality. This is needed in order to > provide a more efficient and interconnected account of those issues as > well as of other topics strictly related to quality, such as accuracy, > completeness, and reliability. > This UAIS special issue aims to start filling this gap. It will be the > first collective publication to explicitly address, from various > angles, the issue of quality in MA. > > *Main topics * > This special issue will focus on research on quality in the context of > the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and use of MA > products and services. > Contributions are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics: > • Theoretical issues and the theoretical foundation of quality in > Media Accessibility > • The use of Data/Information Quality models and theories to > address quality in MA > • The different dimensions composing MAQ (reliability, accuracy, etc.) > • One-size-fits-all approaches versus context-dependent approaches > to MAQ > • Metrics for measuring quality and quality dimensions in MA > • Quality issues in specific MA services and products: subtitling, > audio description, design and localisation video games, web > applications, etc. > • Quality in MA standards, guidelines, and regulations > • The human factor in the definition and assessment of quality in MA > • Quality issues in the use and impact of specific technologies for > providing media accessibility: machine translation, augmented reality, > object-oriented broadcasting, etc. > • The role of MA value chain stakeholders (industry, end-users, > regulators, scholars, etc.) in the definition and evaluation of quality > • The use of experimental methods for the evaluation of quality of > MA services and products, e.g., EEG, galvanic skin response, eye > tracking, etc. > > *Important dates and Information* > Deadline for submission of papers: 30th of October 2018. > Notification of acceptance: 15th of January 2019. > Deadline for submission of camera-ready version of accepted papers: > 15th of February 2019. > Selected papers from the UMAQ conference 2018 > (http://pagines.uab.cat/umaq/umaq-conference) will be invited. Their > presentation at the UMAQ conference will not guarantee publication. > Only papers that have passed blind review as well as screening by the > guest editor and the journal’s editorial staff will be accepted. > > *Submission guidelines* > Submissions should be prepared according to the author instructions > available at the journal homepage, > http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/10209. Please see the > link entitled “Instructions for Authors”. Typical manuscript length is > 20-30 pages. > Initial manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the form of > PDF file through the Springer Editorial Management System available at > https://www.editorialmanager.com/uais/default.aspx. During the > submission process, please select the article type “S.I.: Quality of > Media Accessibility Products and Services”. > > *Reviewing process* > All papers will be peer-reviewed by two reviewers who are experts in > the field, appointed by the Guest Editor of the issue in consultation > with the editors-in-chief of the journal. > > *Copyright information* > Submission of an article implies that: > • the work described has not been published before, except in the > form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis; > • it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. > For further information, please refer to the “Copyright information” > section on the website of the UAIS Journal. > > *Guest Editor* > Gian Maria Greco, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain > ([email protected]) > > *References* > A. Burchardt, A. Lommel, L. Bywood, K. Harris and M. Popović (2016), > Machine translation quality in an audiovisual context, Target, 28(2), > pp. 206-221. > L. Castro Botega, J.O. de Souza, F.R. Jorge, C. Saraiva Coneglian, > M.R. de Campos, V.P. de Almeida Neris, and R. Borges de Araújo (2017), > Methodology for Data and Information Quality Assessment in the Context > of Emergency Situational Awareness, Universal Access in the > Information Society, 16(4), pp. 889-902. > E. Cristóbal-Fransi, F. Hernández-Soriano, and F. Marimon (2017), > Critical factors in the evaluation of online media: creation and > implementation of a measurement scale (e-SQ-Media), Universal Access > in the Information Society, 16(1), pp. 235-246. > G.M. Greco (2018), The Case for Accessibility Studies, Journal of > Audiovisual Translation, 1(1), (forthcoming). > G.M. Greco (2016), On Accessibility as a Human Right, with an > Application to Media Accessibility, in A. Matamala and P. Orero > (eds.), Researching Audio Description. New Approaches, London: > Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 11–33. > R. Ismailova and Y. Inal (2017), Web site accessibility and quality in > use: a comparative study of government Web sites in Kyrgyzstan, > Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey, Universal Access in the Information > Society, 16(4), pp. 987-996 > T. Orehovački and S. Babić (2017), Identifying the relevance of > quality dimensions contributing to universal access of social Web > applications for collaborative writing on mobile devices: an empirical > study, Universal Access in the Information Society. > J. Pedersen (2017), The FAR model: assessing quality in interlingual > subtitling, The Journal of Specialised Translation, 28, pp. 210-229. > P. Romero-Fresco and J. Martínez (2015), Accuracy rate in live > subtitling: The NER model, in J. Díaz Cintas and R. Baños (eds.), > Audiovisual translation in a global context: Mapping an ever-changing > landscape, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 28-50. > P. Romero-Fresco and F. Pöchhacker (2017), Quality assessment in > interlingual live subtitling: The NTR model, Linguistica > Antverpiensia, 16, pp. 149-167. > C. Stephanidis (2009), Universal Access and Design for All in the > Evolving Information Society, in C. Stephanidis (ed.), The Universal > Access Handbook, Hoboken, NJ: CRC Press, pp. 1-11. > C. Stephanidis and P.L. Emiliani (1999), Connecting to the Information > Society: a European Perspective, Technology and Disability Journal, > 10(1), pp. 21-44. > -- > *Gian Maria Greco* > Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at TransMedia Catalonia, Universitat > Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. > Accessibility Coordinator, Environmental and Cultural System "Porta > d'Oriente", Italy. > The UMAQ Project: http://pagines.uab.cat/umaq > Advisory Board, ACT Project: http://www.actproject.eu > Media Accessibility Platform: http://www.mapaccess.org >
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