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LiveTextAccess: Training
for real-time intralingual subtitlers.

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This is unit 3, IT competence.

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In this presentation, we will
be dealing with Element 2: Output tools.

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This will be an introduction

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to the output tools used by
real-time intralingual subtitlers.

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The materials for this presentation
have been created by Sub-Ti Access,

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an accessibility service provider
from Italy.

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My name is Enrico Pigliacampo,

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I am an Italian man
with a beard and short hair.

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I will be displayed in a box
at the top right corner of each slide.

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The learning outcome
of this presentation

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is that the trainee can
explain the differences,

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advantages and disadvantages
of the output tools

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available on the market
(TV subtitling software, other)

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for real-time intralingual subtitling.

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After an introduction on how we gathered
the data for this presentation,

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we will see in details the survey
we carried out to gather the data

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and then we will talk
about output tools.

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There are not many data

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about the tools used
by real-time intralingual subtitlers.

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When we talk about output tools,

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the market offers
a lot of different possibilities,

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so we decided
to carry out a survey

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to understand
which tools are the most used

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by real-time
intralingual subtitlers.

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The survey was created
using Google Forms

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and was available online
from 2 February 2021

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to 18 February 2021.

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The target group was
professional real-time subtitlers.

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The survey was disseminated

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through LTA’s newsletter
and social media

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and partners shared
the survey link with their contacts.

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We received 40 answers.

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The results of the survey
are presented and analysed

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in all 3 video lectures of Element 2.

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In the second part of this lecture,
I will present the survey.

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The survey included 6 questions.

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3 of them were general questions

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about the technique
used by the subtitlers

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and the work context
and setting they usually work in.

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They questions were:

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"Which technique
do you usually use

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to create
real-time intralingual subtitles?"

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"In which context(s)
do you usually work?"

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"In which work setting
do you work the most?"

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By context we mean the kind
of event the subtitler works for.

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By setting we mean
how they work for that event:

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face-to-face, online or by relay.

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After the previous general questions,

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there were 3 specific one
about output tools.

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These were:

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"Which output tools (hardware)
do you use?

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Explain why you use them
and in which context."

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"Which output tools (software)
do you use?

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Explain why you use them
and in which context."

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"Do you use other language tools,

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machine translation
and crowdsourcing tools?"

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We will now analyse the answers
to the 3 general questions.

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The first one is
"Which technique do you usually use

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to create real-time
intralingual subtitles?"

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The possible answers were respeaking,
velotype or other typing technique.

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Most respondents,
which means 26

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which is equivalent to 65%
of the answers,

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chose the third option:
other typing technique.

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Most of them use
the traditional PC keyboard

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with shortcuts to work faster,

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only one respondent
mentioned palantype,

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which is a typing machine
designed to type faster.

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I’m not taking into consideration

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some answers that
are not useful for this presentation,

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but that you may find in document

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“Results of the LTA survey
on output tools”.

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Regarding the other techniques,

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16 people, 40% of the answers.
chose respeaking

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and 4 people, 10% of the answers,
chose velotype.

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The second general question was:
"In which contexts do you usually work?"

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This was a multiple-choice question,

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so subtitlers could chose
one or several answers

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among the 5 working contexts the LTA
project takes into consideration:

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cultural events,
parliamentary assemblies,

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broadcasts, workplace, education.

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There was also the "other" option,
for people to add other work contexts.

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Here are the answers:

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Cultural events: 23 answers, 57.5%.

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Parliamentary assemblies:
13 answers, 32.5%.

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Broadcasts: 12 answers, 30%.

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Workplace: 30 answers, 75%.

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Education: 30 answers, 75%.

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Other: 19 answers, 47.5%.

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Those who answered "other"
specified the following contexts:

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court, police, psychological settings,

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healthcare, charitable sector,
hotlines, phone calls.

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The last general question was:

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"In which work setting
do you work the most?"

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The people
who answered the survey

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could choose
from among the three settings

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the LTA project
takes into consideration:

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face-to-face, online, by relay.

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Once again,
it was a multiple question,

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so they could choose one
or several settings.

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60% of the subtitlers
who answered the survey work online,

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30% work face-to-face

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and only 10% work by relay.

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The third section
of this presentation

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is an introduction
to the output tools

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used by real-time
intralingual subtitlers.

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It is based on the answers

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given to the three
specific questions of the survey.

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We will analyse the data gathered

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in the other two presentations
of Element 2.

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You can also find
a complete overview of the answers

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in the document “Results
of the LTA survey on output tools”.

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When talking about hardware,

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we should consider the end users
to choose the output tools.

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In particular,
it is important to know

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whether the subtitles
are going to be used by an audience

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or a group of people
or only by one person.

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In the former case, a screen is needed
to project the subtitles on

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for the audience
to read the subtitles,

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with a projector connected
to the subtitler’s computer.

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If the audience is not very large,
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we can also use a television set.

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If only one person
is going to read the subtitles,

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or if a group of people are going to
read them on their own devices,

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the users will need to
have a computer, tablet,

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smartphone or a monitor,
even a TV monitor,

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where the subtitles can
be sent for the users to read them.

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The software programmes
used by real-time subtitlers

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can be divided into three groups.

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The first group
includes generic software,

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programmes that were not developed
specifically for real-time subtitling,

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such as Microsoft Word
and Google Doc.

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Of course it is impossible

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to create subtitles
with these software programmes,

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as they do not offer
specific features needed for the job,

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but they can be useful if you only need
to share a document with the user,

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for example in settings
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Most people know
how to use such software

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and they are
almost always available.

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The second group is made up of software
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such as Text on Top or Streamtext.

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Since they have been created
for real-time subtitling,

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they have features that help subtitlers
provide high quality subtitles.

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There are also subtitlers
who share their desktop with the users

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through software
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but this is something you can do
when you only work for one person,

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not for a whole audience.

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Summary.

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In conclusion, we suggest that
when choosing the output tools

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you need to take into consideration
three aspects:

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the context you will work in,

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your professional needs
and the needs of the end users.

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Exercises.

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Read “Results of the LTA survey
on output tools”

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to have an overview of the output tools
available on the market.

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[LTA MUSIC]

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LTA, Live Text Access.

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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SDI, Internationale Hochschule.

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Scuola Superiore
per Mediatori Linguistici.

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ZDF Digital.

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European Federation
of Hard of Hearing People, EFHOH.

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Velotype.

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Sub-Ti Access.

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European Certification and Qualification
Association, ECQA.

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Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union.

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Erasmus+ Project:

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2018-1-DE01-KA203-004218

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The information and views
set on this presentation

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are those of the authors

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and do not necessarily reflect
the official opinion

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of the European Union.

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Neither the European Union
Institutions and bodies

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nor any person
acting on their behalf

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may be held responsible
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which may be made
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